Problems: associating ipw3945 wpa_supplicant

[Dan Williams]

On Tue, 2007-02-20 at 16:46 +0100, Norbert Preining wrote:
> Hi Jouni!
> 
> On Mon, 19 Feb 2007 17:01:40 -0800 "Jouni Malinen" <j at w1.fi> wrote:
> > > network={
> > > 	ssid="Hotel NoName"
> > > 	key_mgmt=NONE
> > > 	auth_alg=SHARED
> > > 	wep_key0="5570441089532"
> > 
> > Hmm.. Is this AP configured to require Shard Key authentication for WEP?
> > Have you been able to use WEP with Open System authentication with
> > other APs? I've done very limited testing with ipw3945 and have never
> > tested Shared Key authentication with it, so I do not know what kind of
> > behavior to expect from it.
> 
> Aemm ... sorry I don't understand completely: I have a AP which only requires knowing the WEP key, no other authentication whatsoever.

Ah, but all WEP _does_ require authentication:  either Shared Key or
Open System (which is actually NULL authentication).  You've got Shared
Key auth specified in the wpa_supplicant network block, try removing
auth_alg=SHARED and see what happens.

Dan

> Do you want to say that this configuration is wrong for this setup? If yes, what would be the right one?
> 
> > Have you tried associating with this AP using just iwconfig?
> 
> Yes, I set the AP and the key, and it didn't associate.
> 
> > That "unassociated" text does not look very associated to me.. My first
> > guess would be that the client is trying to associate, but fails in
> > Shared Key authentication before association.
> 
> Any suggestions what to change in the config file?
> 
> Thanks a lot and all the best
> 
> Norbert
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