wpa_supplicant fails to use a correct network block, but succeeds when forced by wpa_cli.

Dan Williams dcbw
Wed Jun 17 07:31:24 PDT 2009


On Wed, 2009-06-17 at 16:16 +0200, Par Holmstrom wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> In my config below,  the 2nd network block is a valid/correct
> configuration (works if listed alone, or as the first block).
> With this configuration,  wpa_supplicant fails to connect to the
> access point and just loops forever between the
> 1st and 2nd network block.
> 
> But, if wpa_supplicant is forced by wpa_cli to use the correct block
> like this:  "wpa_cli -ieth1 select_network 1" then
> wpa_supplicant gets the point and is able to connect, (although
> sometimes i have to run the wpa_cli cmd twice)
> 
> # cat wpa.conf
> ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
> ctrl_interface_group=0
> eapol_version=1
> ap_scan=2
> 
> network={
>         ssid="WTFz"
>         scan_ssid=1
>         proto=RSN
>         key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
>         pairwise=CCMP
>         group=CCMP
>         psk="passpass"
> }
> network={
>         ssid="WTFz"
>         scan_ssid=1
>         proto=WPA
>         key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
>         pairwise=TKIP
>         group=TKIP
>         psk="passpass"
> }
> 
> I'm out of ideas on how to pinpoint this error further.
> - AFAIK my config file _should_ work, but I could be wrong. :-)
> 
> Is this a bug, or have I miss-configured anything?
> 
> ------------
> wpa_supplicant args:  -Dwext -ieth1 -c wpa.conf -d
> wpa_supplicant v0.6.9
> kernel v2.6.27 (using libertas driver)
> h/w : Marvell 8686 sdio
> AP:  hidden ssid, WPA-PSK  & TKIP
> ------------

Can you post some -dddt debug output for the run here?

Dan





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