Big Problems with iwl3945 and wpa_supplicant : solved

Tue Jan 6 14:24:52 PST 2009

Hello,

Am Tue, 6 Jan 2009 21:22:13 +0100
schrieb Dirk Nichterwitz <dirk at nichterwitz.de>:

The Problem was the Parameter : ap_scan=2 
i changed it to ap_scan=1.
And i removed scan_ssid=1 this slow down the connect.

What do the parameter ap_scan and scan_ssid ? 

> Hello,
> 
> i have an debian lenny 64 Bit with a Intel 3945 (iwl3945) and
> wpa_supplicant 0.6.4 installed.
> 
> I can connect to WEP WLAN but i never get a login to a WPA or WPA2
> WLAN.
> 
> The AP is a Speedport W701V with WPA/WPA2 TKIP/AES and i tried with
> WPA TKIP only.
> 
> Kernel modul:iwl3945
> ssid:test
> adapter: wlan0
> 
> First i do a "iwlist wlan0 scanning" and the results:
> *****************************************************************************
> wlan0 Scan completed :
> Cell 01 - Address: 00:1C:4A:41:FA:93
> ESSID:"test"
> Mode:Master
> Channel:11
> Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
> Quality=96/100 Signal level=-30 dBm Noise
> level=-127 dBm Encryption key:on
> IE: WPA Version 1
> Group Cipher : TKIP
> Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
> Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
> IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
> Group Cipher : TKIP
> Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP
> Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
> Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
> 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
> 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
> Extra:tsf=000000002dd4d234
> *****************************************************************************
> Ok the WLAN Adapter is working i think.
> 
> 
> wpa_supplicant.conf
> *****************************************************************************
> ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
> update_config=1
> eapol_version=1
> ap_scan=2
> fast_reauth=1
> 
> network={
> proto=WPA
> key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
> pairwise=TKIP
> group=TKIP
> ssid="test"
> scan_ssid=1
> #key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
> #psk="meinkey"
> psk=hier stehtderPSKin HEX
> }
> *****************************************************************************
> when i start with
> 
> wpa_supplicant -Dwext -c/etc/wlan_supplicant.conf -iwlan0 -dd
> 
> 
> *****************************************************************************
> nbdeb:/home/user1# wpa_supplicant -Dwext -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
> -iwlan0 -dd Initializing interface 'wlan0'
> conf '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' driver 'wext' ctrl_interface 'N/A'
> bridge 'N/A' Configuration file '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' ->
> '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' Reading configuration file
> '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' ctrl_interface='/var/run/wpa_supplicant'
> update_config=1 eapol_version=1
> ap_scan=2
> fast_reauth=1
> Line: 7 - start of a new network block
> proto: 0x1
> key_mgmt: 0x2
> pairwise: 0x8
> group: 0x8
> ssid - hexdump_ascii(len=10):
> 6c 61 6e 2e 62 61 6e 64 69 74 lan.bandit
> scan_ssid=1 (0x1)
> PSK - hexdump(len=32): [REMOVED]
> Priority group 0
> id=0 ssid='test'
> Initializing interface (2) 'wlan0'
> SIOCGIWRANGE: WE(compiled)=22 WE(source)=21 enc_capa=0xf
> capabilities: key_mgmt 0xf enc 0xf flags 0x0
> WEXT: Operstate: linkmode=1, operstate=5
> Own MAC address: 00:18:de:d9:35:c2
> wpa_driver_wext_set_wpa
> wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 key_idx=0 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
> wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 key_idx=1 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
> wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 key_idx=2 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
> wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 key_idx=3 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
> wpa_driver_wext_set_countermeasures
> wpa_driver_wext_set_drop_unencrypted
> RSN: flushing PMKID list in the driver
> Setting scan request: 0 sec 100000 usec
> 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
> Added interface wlan0
> RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=0 ifi_flags=0x1003 ([UP])
> Wireless event: cmd=0x8b06 len=12
> State: DISCONNECTED -> SCANNING
> Trying to associate with SSID 'test'
> Cancelling scan request
> WPA: clearing own WPA/RSN IE
> Automatic auth_alg selection: 0x1
> WPA: No WPA/RSN IE available from association info
> WPA: Set cipher suites based on configuration
> WPA: Selected cipher suites: group 8 pairwise 8 key_mgmt 2 proto 1
> WPA: clearing AP WPA IE
> WPA: clearing AP RSN IE
> WPA: using GTK TKIP
> WPA: using PTK TKIP
> WPA: using KEY_MGMT WPA-PSK
> WPA: not using MGMT group cipher
> WPA: Set own WPA IE default - hexdump(len=24): dd 16 00 50 f2 01 01 00
> 00 50 f2 02 01 00 00 50 f2 02 01 00 00 50 f2 02 No keys have been
> configured - skip key clearing wpa_driver_wext_set_drop_unencrypted
> State: SCANNING -> ASSOCIATING
> wpa_driver_wext_set_operstate: operstate 0->0 (DORMANT)
> WEXT: Operstate: linkmode=-1, operstate=5
> wpa_driver_wext_associate
> wpa_driver_wext_set_psk
> Setting authentication timeout: 60 sec 0 usec
> EAPOL: External notification - EAP success=0
> EAPOL: External notification - EAP fail=0
> EAPOL: External notification - portControl=Auto
> RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=0 ifi_flags=0x1003 ([UP])
> Wireless event: cmd=0x8b06 len=12
> RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=0 ifi_flags=0x1003 ([UP])
> Wireless event: cmd=0x8b1a len=26
> EAPOL: disable timer tick
> RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=0 ifi_flags=0x1003 ([UP])
> Wireless event: cmd=0x8b19 len=16
> Received 342 bytes of scan results (1 BSSes)
> CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS
> *****************************************************************************
> 
> now i type iwconfig and see:
> 
> *****************************************************************************
> wlan0 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:"test"
> Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point:
> Not-Associated Tx-Power=15 dBm
> Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
> Encryption key: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:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
> *****************************************************************************
> 
> What is wrong here?
> i tried to configure the AP on WPA TKIP only - the same problem.
> 
> i googled a lot of sites but it seems to be all right.
> 