WPA_supplicant trouble connecting client to AP
Francisco Cuesta
ndarkness
Wed May 15 07:44:55 PDT 2013
2013/5/15 Dan Williams <dcbw at redhat.com>:
> On Wed, 2013-05-15 at 16:17 +0200, Francisco Cuesta wrote:
>> 2013/5/15 Dan Williams <dcbw at redhat.com>:
>> > On Wed, 2013-05-15 at 14:01 +0200, Francisco Cuesta wrote:
>> >> 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.
>> >
>> > His point is that fixed_freq is *not* an option in the official
>> > hostap/wpa_supplicant sources, so whatever you're running, it's been
>> > modified by whoever you got it from.
>> >
>>
>>
>> >> >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
>> >
>> > These messages are also not part of official hostap/wpa_supplicant, so
>> > your version has been patched by somebody, and that may be introducing
>> > new bugs.
>> >
>>
>> What messages do you refer to? The X-X-X... which appears there, I
>> have set it by myself, as well I have put some extra printf in the
>> code to see the running sequence
>
> I mean the "A BSSID in the blacklist" messages. Are those your local
> modifications?
>
Yes they're, I added a prinrf on the code.
>> >> 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
>> >
>> > This indicates that the kernel driver has not been able to authenticate
>> > with the AP, so the problem may be due to kernel driver issues. Which
>> > kernel are you using and which wifi driver?
>> >
>>
>> I'm using a linux kernel which is 3.3.8. The wifi devices are an
>> atheros AR9341 (integrated
>> 2.4ghz) + AR9580 (5ghz) (onboard), both devices are managed with ath9k
>> driver plus compat wireless drivers called compat-wireless-2012-09-07.
>
> That kernel version is pretty old; are you able to try a newer one like
> 3.8.x or 3.9.x? Plus you might want to update your compat-wireless as
> well; a lot happens in 8 months. In any case, I'm not as familiar with
> the ath9k drivers as Jouni or others are so I'll let them answer about
> the state of compat-wireless from Sept 2012 and the 3.3.8 kernel.
>
I see, I'm afraid not, because that is the kernel that the latest
version of openwrt has, and I don't now how it might be updated.
Thanks for your replies, I'll wait for their replies in such a
matters.
>> Could you tell me where in the kernel driver are defined the channels
>> that might be authenticated with the AP?
>
> It's a state machine, so there aren't any channels. The kernel driver
> and the kernel mac80211 stack do quite a few operations during the
> association process so if you're able to turn on kernel debugging, or if
> you have any kernel log messages from 'dmesg' that would be helpful.
>
I have issued the dmesg command getting this
wlan1: authentication with 64:70:02:3e:a7:82 timed out
[ 191.470000] wlan1: authenticate with 64:70:02:3e:a7:82
[ 191.480000] wlan1: send auth to 64:70:02:3e:a7:82 (try 1/3)
[ 191.700000] wlan1: send auth to 64:70:02:3e:a7:82 (try 2/3)
[ 191.910000] wlan1: send auth to 64:70:02:3e:a7:82 (try 3/3)
[ 192.120000] wlan1: authentication with 64:70:02:3e:a7:82 timed out
[ 195.590000] wlan1: authenticate with 64:70:02:3e:a7:82
[ 195.600000] wlan1: send auth to 64:70:02:3e:a7:82 (try 1/3)
[ 195.820000] wlan1: send auth to 64:70:02:3e:a7:82 (try 2/3)
[ 196.030000] wlan1: send auth to 64:70:02:3e:a7:82 (try 3/3)
... and so on
but I think that is not enough, so I'll need a way of enabling debug
mode on my system.
> Dan
>
>> Ps: sorry for the triple post, but I didn't reply well to all the
>> members of the mail.
>>
>> > Dan
>> >
>> >> 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
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