HostAP Digest, Vol 20, Issue 35

[Philip H. Schlesinger]

Dear Jouni,

I finally had a chance to try out the settings and they worked!

Thanks again for your help.

- Phil

> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Subject:
> Re: wpa_supplicant / ndiswrapper / Dell WLAN 1450 / Slackware
> From:
> Jouni Malinen <jkmaline at cc.hut.fi>
> Date:
> Sun, 26 Dec 2004 19:05:43 -0800
> To:
> hostap at shmoo.com
> 
> To:
> hostap at shmoo.com
> 
> 
> On Sun, Dec 26, 2004 at 06:47:44PM -0800, Philip H. Schlesinger wrote:
> 
> 
>>I'm confused.  Which parameters would I need to configure for ap_scan=2 
>>for NDISwrapper support to connect to my D-Link 614+, other than what's 
>>in my network block right now:
>>
>>ssid="<ssid name>"
>>scan_ssid=1
>>key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
>>psk="<PSK>"
>>
>>Do you mean I need to add one or both of the following:
>>
>>pairwise=TKIP
>>group=TKIP
> 
> 
> Yes, both of those and in addition, proto=WPA. In other words, the full
> list would be ssid, key_mgmt, pairwise, group, and proto. Other
> parameters, like psk, are of course also needed based on the selected
> key management mechanism.
> 
> When using ap_scan=1, wpa_supplicant determines these automatically, but
> for ap_scan=2, scan results are not available for this. Some drivers,
> like ndiswrapper, need to get matching security policy for association
> to succeed.
> 
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