error while starting the wpa supplicant

[Srikanth RB]

Hi,

I have stuck in starting the wpa supplicant

This is the error I'm getting.

[root at localhost wpa_supplicant-0.5.8]#
wpa_supplicant -ieth2 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf -d
Initializing interface 'eth2' conf '/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf'
driver 'default' ctrl_interface 'N/A' bridge 'N/A'
Initializing interface (2) 'eth2'
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
ioctl[SIOCSIWPMKSA]: No such device
ioctl[SIOCSIWMODE]: No such device
Could not configure driver to use managed mode
ioctl[SIOCGIFFLAGS]: No such device
Could not set interface 'eth2' UP
ioctl[SIOCGIWRANGE]: No such device
WEXT: Operstate: linkmode=1, operstate=5
ioctl[IEEE80211_IOCTL_SETPARAM]: No such device
wpa_driver_madwifi_init: failed to set wpa_supplicant-based roaming
ioctl[SIOCSIWAP]: No such device
WEXT: Operstate: linkmode=0, operstate=6
ioctl[SIOCGIFFLAGS]: No such device
Failed to initialize driver interface
Failed to add interface eth2
Cancelling scan request
Cancelling authentication timeout

Regards
Srikanth


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