Encryption problems with nl80211

[Krishna Chaitanya]

On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 10:46 PM, simo <sazzalin at settopsurvey.com> wrote:
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> I noticed that nl80211 driver returns the error:
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> nl80211: Set supplicant port authorized for 12:24:21:59:87:d0
> nl80211: Failed to set STA flag: -95 (Operation not supported)
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> which seems to be where the issue come from.
> I understand this is a driver's problem.
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> If I comment the line:
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> wep_key0="password"
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> into the configuration file, devices can connect to the network, but
> this is unprotected.
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> Do you know if this is a known problem ?
> Is it sure this is a problem from nl80211 driver ?
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> What I could do to fix this problem ?

Can you check of theres another instance of wpa_supplicat running?
If yes, then kill it and start the wpa_supplicant with IBSS config file?