Problem With HostAP and static WEP, kernel 2.6.14, hostap 0.47
Jared Holzman
jhz
Mon Mar 20 00:58:48 PST 2006
Hey Guys,
Haven't heard a single response so far. Does this mean my problem has
baffled everybody? Or has nobody bothered to look? If somebody wouldn't
mind at least having a quick look at my hostapd.conf below to see it
that's where the problem lies, that'd be great.
Thanks,
Jared
Jared Holzman wrote:
>To All,
>
>I'm having trouble trying to configure HostAP with static WEP on my
>server. Configuration seems to work using iwconfig tool (iwconfig mode
>Master, iwconfig essid, iwconfig key etc, etc) and I can then use the
>AP. However once I start the hostapd daemon, the encryption key seems to
>disappear from iwconfig and the AP becomes unusuable (in both unsecured
>mode and WEP mode) and if I try and set the key subsequently, using the
>iwconfig tool, it fails with an error and then comes up with invalid
>output until I reset the device.
>
>Any Ideas?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Jared
>
>PS Following is some relevant log information
>
>[root at bob root]# iwconfig wlan0
>wlan0 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"homezone" Nickname:"bob.homezone"
> Mode:Master Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:09:5B:67:92:F2
> Bit Rate:5.5 Mb/s Sensitivity=1/3
> Retry min limit:8 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
> Encryption key:XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XX Security mode:restricted
> Power Management:off
> Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
> Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:2 Rx invalid frag:0
> Tx excessive retries:460 Invalid misc:171 Missed beacon:0
>
>[root at bob root]# cat /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf | grep -v ^\#
>interface=wlan0
>logger_syslog=-1
>logger_syslog_level=2
>logger_stdout=-1
>logger_stdout_level=2
>debug=0
>dump_file=/tmp/hostapd.dump
>ctrl_interface=/var/run/hostapd
>ctrl_interface_group=0
>ssid=homezone
>macaddr_acl=0
>accept_mac_file=/etc/hostapd/hostapd.accept
>deny_mac_file=/etc/hostapd/hostapd.deny
>auth_algs=3
>eapol_key_index_workaround=0
>eap_server=0
>own_ip_address=127.0.0.1
>
>[root at bob root]# hostapd -dd /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf
>Configuration file: /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf
>Opening raw packet socket for ifindex 11
>Using interface wlan0 with hwaddr 00:09:5b:67:92:f2 and ssid 'homezone'
>Flushing old station entries
>Deauthenticate all stations
>Wireless event: cmd=0x8c04 len=20
>Wireless event: cmd=0x8b2a len=8
>Received 268 bytes management frame
>DATA
>Data frame from not associated STA 00:0f:b5:8e:da:43
>Received 342 bytes management frame
>extra data in frame (elen=0)
>unknown frame type 3
>Received 342 bytes management frame
>extra data in frame (elen=0)
>unknown frame type 3
>Received 24 bytes management frame
>DATA
>Data frame from not associated STA 00:09:5b:67:8e:fd
>Received 342 bytes management frame
>extra data in frame (elen=0)
>unknown frame type 3
>Received 342 bytes management frame
>extra data in frame (elen=0)
>unknown frame type 3
>Received 342 bytes management frame
>extra data in frame (elen=0)
>unknown frame type 3
>Signal 2 received - terminating
>Flushing old station entries
>Deauthenticate all stations
>Could not disable PrivacyInvoked for interface wlan0
>Could not remove generic information element from interface wlan0
>
>[root at bob root]# hostapd -dd /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf
>Configuration file: /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf
>Opening raw packet socket for ifindex 17
>Using interface wlan0 with hwaddr 00:09:5b:67:92:f2 and ssid 'homezone'
>Flushing old station entries
>Deauthenticate all stations
>Wireless event: cmd=0x8c04 len=20
>Wireless event: cmd=0x8b2a len=8
>Received 342 bytes management frame
>extra data in frame (elen=0)
>unknown frame type 3
>Received 24 bytes management frame
>DATA
>Data frame from not associated STA 00:09:5b:67:8e:fd
>Received 24 bytes management frame
>DATA
>Data frame from not associated STA 00:09:5b:67:8e:fd
>Received 342 bytes management frame
>extra data in frame (elen=0)
>unknown frame type 3
>Received 342 bytes management frame
>extra data in frame (elen=0)
>unknown frame type 3
>Received 60 bytes management frame
>DATA
>Data frame from not associated STA 00:0f:b5:8e:da:43
>Received 342 bytes management frame
>extra data in frame (elen=0)
>unknown frame type 3
>Received 342 bytes management frame
>extra data in frame (elen=0)
>unknown frame type 3
>Received 360 bytes management frame
>DATA
>Data frame from not associated STA 00:0f:b5:8e:da:43
>
>Received 360 bytes management frame
>DATA
>Data frame from not associated STA 00:0f:b5:8e:da:43
>
>[root at bob root]# iwconfig wlan0
>wlan0 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"homezone" Nickname:"bob.homezone"
> Mode:Master Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:09:5B:67:92:F2
> Bit Rate:11 Mb/s Sensitivity=1/3
> Retry min limit:8 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
> Encryption key:off
> Power Management:off
> Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
> Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
> Tx excessive retries:1 Invalid misc:14 Missed beacon:0
>
>[root at bob root]# iwconfig wlan0 key XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XX
>Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A) :
> SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument.
>[root at bob root]# iwconfig wlan0
>wlan0 IEEE 802.11-DS ESSID:"homezone"
> Mode:Master
> Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
> Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
> Tx excessive retries:1 Invalid misc:14 Missed beacon:0
>
>
>[root at bob root]# iwconfig -v
>iwconfig Wireless-Tools version 28
> Compatible with Wireless Extension v11 to v19.
>
>Kernel Currently compiled with Wireless Extension v19.
>
>wifi0 Recommend Wireless Extension v18 or later,
> Currently compiled with Wireless Extension v19.
>
>wlan0 Recommend Wireless Extension v18 or later,
> Currently compiled with Wireless Extension v19.
>
>wlan0ap Recommend Wireless Extension v18 or later,
> Currently compiled with Wireless Extension v19.
>
>
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