Problem in Ad-Hoc mode WPA-NONE security... need help.

[Raghavendra. S]

Hi,

 I tested for WEP in ad-hoc mode. It is also working fine. Now only
problem I am facing in WPA-NONE.

-Raghu

On 1/11/08, Raghavendra. S <raghavendra.akkasali at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 1/10/08, Dan Williams <dcbw at redhat.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, 2008-01-10 at 11:29 +0530, Raghavendra. S wrote:
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > >  I applied back ported ad-hoc mode patch to wpa supplicant-0.5.9. It
> > > is working fine for when I tested without security. Also ping works.
> > >
> > > But when I tried testing with security(WPA-NONE) using below config
> > > file on both  of the devices it is getting associated but ping is not
> > > working.
> >
> > Run /sbin/iwconfig on each machine.  Do they have the same "Access
> > Point"?
>
>   Yes. I executed /sbin/iwconfig on both LAPTOP and my device. Both
> of them displayed "testboard" as essid. This is essid of the initiator
> device.
>
> On my device - initiator - first I enable wpa supplicant on my device
> ------------------------------------
> #iwconfig
> eth0      MRVL-SD8686  ESSID:"testboard"
>          Mode:Ad-Hoc  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Cell: 02:0C:F1:0D:E7:13
>          Bit Rate:11 Mb/s   Tx-Power=18 dBm
>          Retry limit:8   RTS thr=2347 B   Fragment thr=2346 B
>          Encryption key:<too big>   Security mode:open
>          Power Management:off
>          Link Quality:0/100  Signal level:-40 dBm  Noise level:-99 dBm
>          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:9147
>          Tx excessive retries:13  Invalid misc:3315   Missed beacon:0
>
>
>
>
> On laptop
> ------------------------------------
> #iwconfig
> eth1      IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:"testboard"  Nickname:"ipw2100"
>          Mode:Ad-Hoc  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Cell: 02:0C:F1:0D:E7:13
>          Bit Rate=0 kb/s   Tx-Power:16 dBm
>          Retry short limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
>          Encryption key:off
>          Power Management:off
>          Link Quality=100/100  Signal level=-26 dBm
>          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:17   Missed beacon:0
>
>
>
> >
> > Can you try doing ad-hoc mode with WEP and see if that works?  If not,
> > can you try configuring both machines with /sbin/iwconfig manually and
> > see if that works?  Basically, narrow down the issue to whether or not
> > it's a wpa_supplicant, driver, or random wireless problem.
>
>  I configured for ad-hoc mode using "iwconfig" on both the devices.
> It works fine. If I am not wrong, configuring using iwconfig is same
> as enabling wpa_supplicant ad-hoc mode with out security. Am I right?
>
> As I mentioned in my previous mail. wpa supplicant is working in
> ad-hoc mode without security. I am facing problem in WPA-NONE.
>
> How to configure and test WEP security in ad-hoc mode? please tell me set up.
>
>
> >
> > Dan
> >
> > > My config file has following entries. I am using same config file on
> > > two devices.
> > >
> > > # cat /tmp/wpa_supplicant.conf.tmp
> > > ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
> > > ap_scan=2
> > >
> > > network={
> > >                 mode=1
> > >                 ssid="testboard"
> > >                 frequency=2412
> > >                 key_mgmt=WPA-NONE
> > >                 proto=WPA
> > >                 pairwise=NONE
> > >                 group=TKIP
> > >                 psk="raghu123456"
> > > }
> > >
> > >
> > > I enabled wpa_supplicant-0.6.1 on Laptop, with above config file.
> > > Then I enabled backported wpa_supplicant-0.5.9 with same/above config file.
> > >
> > > Is this set up correct? or I am doing something wrong?
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Regards & Thanks
> Raghavendra. S
>


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Regards & Thanks
Raghavendra. S