not able to connect to local wireless with wpa_supplicant

[Johannes Schauer]

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Hi!

Holger Schurig wrote:
> Some key lines are this:
>
>    Associated to a new BSS: BSSID=00:18:84:1d:83:fa
>
> This means that association to this AP worked perfectly.
only that this address is not the bssid of my ap "OpenWrt"

> Maybe your local AP doesn't broadcast the SSID, while the other
> one does this.
well the one i connect to definitely does - apart from having it
configured that way this is the relevant iwlist output:

          Cell 03 - Address: 00:22:15:27:3B:18
                    Channel:5
                    Frequency:2.432 GHz (Channel 5)
                    Quality=49/70  Signal level=-61 dBm
                    Encryption key:off
                    ESSID:"OpenWrt"

funnily, now some time later i tried inserting
ssid="OpenWrt"
in my wpa_supplicant.conf again because the iwlist output didnt show any
ap with an bssid of 00:18:84:1d:83:fa anymore - for some reason
and this time it worked flawlessly

since i could also connect without any problems to an unencrypted ap at
work and could now connect to my local one once that 00:18:84:1d:83:fa
was gone, it seems that i only get this issue when this network is around.

so isnt that a bug if the presence of some network screws up
wpasupplicant that badly? it tried to do above associations a dozen
times a seconds and failed.

> By the way: you said that you compiled your own wpa_supplicant.
> When doing so, why did you use the old WEXT?  For me (libertas,
> ath5k) Cfg80211 is already superior.
for no specific reason - can try using Cfg80211 instead later

sorry, forgot to reply-all this message - that status update hopefully
adds more information to the issue.

cheers
josch
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