wpa_supplicant, ipw2200, association timeouts and other allegations

Ian McDonald imcdnzl
Thu Apr 28 22:14:21 PDT 2005


The short answer is that this version of the Intel drivers is not
supported for WPA. From history on this list the driver is being
worked on. This is work Intel has to do or others who support the
driver.

On 29/04/05, Petros Kolyvas <pkolyvas at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi! This is my first post to the list. It was suggested I try my luck
> here by some kind folks at #ipw2200 and #wireless on freenode.
> 
> My problems involve wpa_supplicant and my inability to get it to
> associate with my access point. The hardware involved is an Intel
> Pro/Wireless 2200BG (on a dell inspiron 700m) and a D-Link 2100AP
> (currently running with WPA-PSK using CCMP/AES encryption). The setup
> works fine under *cough* that other OS. I would like to be completely
> free of it though.
> 
> The laptop is currently running FC3 and today I compiled and installed
> 2.6.11.7 with the appropriate modules and options successfully. I'm also
> using wpa_supplicant 0.4.0 and the latest (1.0.3 at the time of posting)
> ipw2200 drivers. The wireless card will associate correctly with any
> open networks, so at least that much is functioning.
> 
> "iwlist eth1 scanning" outputs:
> 
> #start
> Scan completed :
>       Cell 01 - Address: 00:11:95:BF:A6:4F
>                 ESSID:"ShiftFocus"
>                 Protocol:IEEE 802.11bg
>                 Mode:Master
>                 Channel:3
>                 Encryption key:on
>                 Bit Rate:54 Mb/s
>                 Extra: Rates (Mb/s): 1 2 5.5 9 11 6 12 18 24 36 48 54
>                 Quality=93/100  Signal level=-34 dBm
>             Extra:wpa_ie=dd160050f20101000050f20401000050f20401000050f202
>                 Extra: Last beacon: 22ms ago
> #end
> 
> My wpa_supplicant.conf reads:
> 
> #start
> ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
> ctrl_interface_group=0
> eapol_version=1
> ap_scan=1
> fast_reauth=1
> 
> network={
>         ssid="ShiftFocus"
>         scan_ssid=1
>         key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
>         psk="secret-or-so-i-hope"
> }
> #end
> 
> According to most of the folks who've had some experience with this
> stuff, everything seems in order. But below is the output from
> wpa_supplicant, and I don't know what's going on. Hopefully someone can
> tell me what I did wrong. If not, no worries, thank you so much for your
> time. The lines that have me stumped and which remain suspect are the
> following:
> 
> 1. wpa_driver_ipw_init is called
> ioctl[SIOCSIWPMKSA]: Operation not supported
> 
> 2. Trying to associate with 00:11:95:bf:a6:4f (SSID='ShiftFocus' freq=0 MHz)
> 
> 3. Authentication with 00:00:00:00:00:00 timed out.
> Added BSSID 00:00:00:00:00:00 into blacklist
> 
> #Begin complete wpa_supplicant output
> 
> Initializing interface 'eth1' conf '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' driver 'ipw'
> Configuration file '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' -> '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf'
> Reading configuration file '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf'
> ctrl_interface='/var/run/wpa_supplicant'
> ctrl_interface_group=0
> eapol_version=1
> ap_scan=1
> fast_reauth=1
> Line: 11 - start of a new network block
> ssid - hexdump_ascii(len=10):
>       53 68 69 66 74 46 6f 63 75 73                     ShiftFocus
> scan_ssid=1 (0x1)
> key_mgmt: 0x2
> PSK (ASCII passphrase) - hexdump_ascii(len=26): [REMOVED]
> PSK (from passphrase) - hexdump(len=32): [REMOVED]
> Priority group 0
>     id=0 ssid='ShiftFocus'
> Initializing interface (2) 'eth1'
> EAPOL: SUPP_PAE entering state DISCONNECTED
> EAPOL: KEY_RX entering state NO_KEY_RECEIVE
> EAPOL: SUPP_BE entering state INITIALIZE
> EAP: EAP entering state DISABLED
> EAPOL: External notification - portEnabled=0
> EAPOL: External notification - portValid=0
> wpa_driver_ipw_init is called
> ioctl[SIOCSIWPMKSA]: Operation not supported
> Own MAC address: 00:0e:35:74:f6:6f
> wpa_driver_ipw_set_wpa: enabled=1
> wpa_driver_ipw_set_key: alg=none key_idx=0 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
> wpa_driver_ipw_set_key: alg=none key_idx=1 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
> wpa_driver_ipw_set_key: alg=none key_idx=2 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
> wpa_driver_ipw_set_key: alg=none key_idx=3 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
> wpa_driver_ipw_set_countermeasures: enabled=0
> wpa_driver_ipw_set_drop_unencrypted: enabled=1
> Setting scan request: 0 sec 100000 usec
> Wireless event: cmd=0x8b06 len=8
> RTM_NEWLINK, IFLA_IFNAME: Interface 'eth1' added
> RTM_NEWLINK, IFLA_IFNAME: Interface 'eth1' added
> State: DISCONNECTED -> SCANNING
> Starting AP scan (specific SSID)
> Scan SSID - hexdump_ascii(len=10):
>       53 68 69 66 74 46 6f 63 75 73                     ShiftFocus
> Scan timeout - try to get results
> Received 274 bytes of scan results (1 BSSes)
> Scan results: 1
> Selecting BSS from priority group 0
> 0: 00:11:95:bf:a6:4f ssid='ShiftFocus' wpa_ie_len=24 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x11
>     selected
> Trying to associate with 00:11:95:bf:a6:4f (SSID='ShiftFocus' freq=0 MHz)
> Cancelling scan request
> Automatic auth_alg selection: 0x1
> wpa_driver_ipw_set_auth_alg: auth_alg=0x1
> WPA: using IEEE 802.11i/D3.0
> WPA: Selected cipher suites: group 16 pairwise 16 key_mgmt 2
> WPA: using GTK CCMP
> WPA: using PTK CCMP
> WPA: using KEY_MGMT WPA-PSK
> WPA: Own WPA IE - hexdump(len=24): dd 16 00 50 f2 01 01 00 00 50 f2 04
> 01 00 00 50 f2 04 01 00 00 50 f2 02
> No keys have been configured - skip key clearing
> wpa_driver_ipw_set_drop_unencrypted: enabled=1
> State: SCANNING -> ASSOCIATING
> Setting authentication timeout: 5 sec 0 usec
> EAPOL: External notification - EAP success=0
> EAPOL: External notification - EAP fail=0
> EAPOL: External notification - portControl=Auto
> Wireless event: cmd=0x8b1a len=23
> Authentication with 00:00:00:00:00:00 timed out.
> Added BSSID 00:00:00:00:00:00 into blacklist
> State: ASSOCIATING -> DISCONNECTED
> No keys have been configured - skip key clearing
> EAPOL: External notification - portEnabled=0
> EAPOL: External notification - portValid=0
> Setting scan request: 0 sec 0 usec
> State: DISCONNECTED -> SCANNING
> #end output
> 
> Thanks so much!
> Petros K.
> 
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