Got the error "Driver did not support SIOCSIWENCODEEXT" when trying WPS

Wed Apr 15 03:09:19 PDT 2009

I would like to explain that I have an ath9k car and an ath5k card, and
above test is runing on an ath5k card. Please let me know whether the
"Wireless event" is the root cause.
I paste a complete debug message here:
1239816402.418024: Associated to a new BSS: BSSID=06:23:cd:01:39:8e
1239816402.418027: No keys have been configured - skip key clearing
1239816402.418044: Associated with 06:23:cd:01:39:8e
1239816402.418046: CTRL_IFACE monitor send - hexdump(len=21): 2f 74 6d 70 2f
77 70 61 5f 63 74 72 6c 5f 33 36 39 31 2d 33 00
1239816402.418058: WPA: Association event - clear replay counter
1239816402.418061: WPA: Clear old PTK
1239816402.418062: EAPOL: External notification - portEnabled=0
1239816402.418065: EAPOL: External notification - portValid=0
1239816402.418066: EAPOL: External notification - portEnabled=1
1239816402.418068: EAPOL: SUPP_PAE entering state CONNECTING
1239816402.418070: EAPOL: enable timer tick
1239816402.418073: EAPOL: SUPP_BE entering state IDLE
1239816402.418075: EAP: EAP entering state INITIALIZE
1239816402.418077: EAP: EAP entering state IDLE
1239816402.418080: Setting authentication timeout: 10 sec 0 usec
1239816402.418084: Cancelling scan request
1239816402.418088: RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=0 ifi_flags=0x11003
([UP][LOWER_UP])
1239816402.418091: RTM_NEWLINK, IFLA_IFNAME: Interface 'wlan0' added
1239816402.418212: RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=0 ifi_flags=0x1003 ([UP])
1239816402.418215: RTM_NEWLINK, IFLA_IFNAME: Interface 'wlan0' added
1239816402.418217: Wireless event: cmd=0x8b15 len=20
1239816402.418219: Wireless event: new AP: 00:00:00:00:00:00
1239816402.418225: Setting scan request: 0 sec 100000 usec
1239816402.418229: Added BSSID 06:23:cd:01:39:8e into blacklist
1239816402.418236: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys
1239816402.418238: CTRL_IFACE monitor send - hexdump(len=21): 2f 74 6d 70 2f
77 70 61 5f 63 74 72 6c 5f 33 36 39 31 2d 33 00
1239816402.418249: wpa_driver_nl80211_set_key: alg=0 addr=0x80b0316
key_idx=0 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
1239816402.418713: nl80211: set_key failed; err=-2
1239816402.418716: wpa_driver_nl80211_set_key: alg=0 addr=0x80b0316
key_idx=1 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
1239816402.418732: nl80211: set_key failed; err=-2
1239816402.418734: wpa_driver_nl80211_set_key: alg=0 addr=0x80b0316
key_idx=2 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
1239816402.418746: nl80211: set_key failed; err=-2
1239816402.418749: wpa_driver_nl80211_set_key: alg=0 addr=0x80b0316
key_idx=3 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
1239816402.418761: nl80211: set_key failed; err=-2
1239816402.418763: wpa_driver_nl80211_set_key: alg=0 addr=0x9f81b94
key_idx=0 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
1239816402.418767:    addr=06:23:cd:01:39:8e
1239816402.418778: nl80211: set_key failed; err=-2
1239816402.418780: State: ASSOCIATED -> DISCONNECTED


2009/4/15 Wuhua Xu <xu.wuhua at gmail.com>

> I'm using ath5k and AR2413. With the option -D nl80211 the error message
> disappeared, but I got another error:
> After association, I always got a "Wireless event: new AP:
> 00:00:00:00:00:00", and then I got EVENT_DISASSOC because of the driver
> event handler. Is this the root cause of the failure?
> Just before that I got the following messages:
>  RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=0 ifi_flags=0x11003 ([UP][LOWER_UP])
> RTM_NEWLINK: IFLA_IFNAME: Interface 'wlan0' added
> RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=0 ifi_flags=0x1003 ([UP][LOWER_UP])
> RTM_NEWLINK: IFLA_IFNAME: Interface 'wlan0' added
> When I use madwifi with Honma's patch, I get only the first two lines.
>  RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=0 ifi_flags=0x11003 ([UP][LOWER_UP])
> RTM_NEWLINK: IFLA_IFNAME: Interface 'wlan0' added
>
> 2009/4/10 Jouni Malinen <j at w1.fi>
>
>  On Thu, Apr 09, 2009 at 11:29:10AM +0800, Wuhua Xu wrote:
>>
>> > I got the error when trying to use WPS with my atheros AR5416 and the
>> option
>> > nohwcrypt=1.
>> >
>> > ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: No such file or directory
>> > ...
>> > Driver did not support SIOCSIWENCODEEXT
>> > State: ASSOCIATED -> DISCONNECTED
>> > Is it a blocking error? How to work around it?
>>
>> I don't think that this is an issue in this particular case. Association
>> seems to go through fine, but the AP does not start any handshake after
>> it. Which AP are you using? Would you be able to run a wireless sniffer
>> to capture the frames exchanged between the AP and the client?
>>
>> --
>> Jouni Malinen                                            PGP id EFC895FA
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