WPA_supplicant trouble connecting client to AP

[Francisco Cuesta]

Hi Jouni,

>Which wpa_supplicant are you using?

I'm currently using wpa_supplicant v2.0-devel

>What is this fixed_freq parameter? It sounds like this wpa_supplicant
>version has some changes that do not exist in hostap.git and as such, it
>is unclear how it behaves.

This parameters I think represent that the frequency of the AP is
already fixed. This wpa_supplicant configuration file is parsed from a
generic wpa_supplicant configuration, this is done in this way in
OpenWRT; they launches hostapd which parses  this generic file and
calls wpa_supplicant with it.

>How do you know what it does after this? The -B option on the command
>line requests wpa_supplicant to move into the background and that stops
>the debug log to stdout. If you want to see after this, you would need
>to either direct the log to a file or syslog or remove the -B option.

I've followed your advice, and I have disabled the -B option and now I
get more output once I launch wpa_supplicant, which is this one

wlan1: State: DISCONNECTED -> SCANNING
Scan SSID - hexdump_ascii(len=18):
     69 72 74 2d 61 68 2d 69 6e 72 69 61 2d 73 69 65   X-X-X-X
     62 65                                             -X
wlan1: Starting AP scan for wildcard SSID
nl80211: Scan SSID - hexdump_ascii(len=18):
     69 72 74 2d 61 68 2d 69 6e 72 69 61 2d 73 69 65   X-X-X-X
     62 65                                             -X
nl80211: Scan SSID - hexdump_ascii(len=0): [NULL]
Scan requested (ret=0) - scan timeout 30 seconds
nl80211: Event message available
nl80211: Scan trigger
RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=0 ifi_flags=0x1003 ([UP])
netlink: Operstate: linkmode=-1, operstate=6
The num-Xr of sent bytes  in netlink_send_oper_ifla are 37
RTM_NEWLINK, IFLA_IFNAME: Interface 'wlan1' added
nl80211: if_removed already cleared - ignore event
nl80211: Event message available
nl80211: New scan results available
wlan1: Event SCAN_RESULTS (3) received
nl80211: Received scan results (1 BSSes)
wlan1: BSS: Start scan result update 6
BSS: last_scan_res_used=1/32 last_scan_full=0
wlan1: New scan results available
wlan1: Selecting BSS from priority group 0
wlan1: 0: 64:70:02:3e:a7:82 ssid='X-X-X-X-X' wpa_ie_len=0 rsn_ie_len=0
caps=0x1 level=-70
A BSSID in blacklist is this: 4896660
The BSSID of blacklist selected is this: 4896660
wlan1:    skip - blacklisted (count=1 limit=0)
wlan1: No APs found - clear blacklist and try again
Removed BSSID 64:70:02:3e:a7:82 from blacklist (clear)
wlan1: Selecting BSS from priority group 0
wlan1: 0: 64:70:02:3e:a7:82 ssid='X-X-X-X-X' wpa_ie_len=0 rsn_ie_len=0
caps=0x1 level=-70
wlan1:    allow in non-WPA/WPA2
The channel that wpa_s struct has got is 36
The frequency that wpa_s struct has got is 5180 MHz
The set channel on rate_match function is 2364476
The set frequency on rate_match function is 5180 MHz
The set frequency on rate_match function is 5180 MHz
The comparison freq == bss->freq is true
wlan1:    selected BSS 64:70:02:3e:a7:82 ssid='X-X-X-X-X'
wlan1: Request association: reassociate: 0  selected:
64:70:02:3e:a7:82  bssid: 00:00:00:00:00:00  pending:
00:00:00:00:00:00  wpa_state: SCANNING
wlan1: Automatic auth_alg selection: 0x1
wlan1: WPA: clearing AP WPA IE
wlan1: WPA: clearing AP RSN IE
wlan1: WPA: clearing own WPA/RSN IE
wlan1: Cancelling scan request
wlan1: SME: Trying to authenticate with 64:70:02:3e:a7:82
(SSID='X-X-X-X-X' freq=5180 MHz)
wlan1: No keys have -Xen configured - skip key clearing
wlan1: State: SCANNING -> AUTHENTICATING
nl80211: Authenticate (ifindex=33)
  * bssid=64:70:02:3e:a7:82
  * freq=5180
  * SSID - hexdump_ascii(len=18):
     69 72 74 2d 61 68 2d 69 6e 72 69 61 2d 73 69 65   X-X-X-X
     62 65                                             -X
  * IEs - hexdump(len=0): [NULL]
  * Auth Type 0
nl80211: Authentication request send successfully
wlan1: Checking for other virtual interfaces sharing same radio (phy1)
in event_scan_results
nl80211: Event message available
nl80211: New station 64:70:02:3e:a7:82
nl80211: Event message available
nl80211: Delete station 64:70:02:3e:a7:82
nl80211: Event message available
nl80211: MLME event 37; timeout with 64:70:02:3e:a7:82
wlan1: Event AUTH_TIMED_OUT (14) received
wlan1: SME: Authentication timed out
Added BSSID 64:70:02:3e:a7:82 into blacklist
wlan1: Setting scan request: 0 sec 100000 usec
wlan1: State: AUTHENTICATING -> DISCONNECTED
wpa_driver_nl80211_set_operstate: operstate 0->0 (DORMANT)
The linkmode=-1 is set on wpa_driver_nl80211_set_operstate
netlink: Operstate: linkmode=-1, operstate=5
The num-Xr of sent bytes  in netlink_send_oper_ifla are 37
wlan1: State: DISCONNECTED -> SCANNING