wpa_supplicant, ipw2200, association timeouts and other allegations

Samuel Díaz García samueldg
Fri Apr 29 01:17:25 PDT 2005


In the ipw2200 list (and ipw2100) they say me that that issue is a work 
in progress, there are more issues than this.

See the "history" for the last 2 weeks and you can see some messages 
about the issue you have.



Petros Kolyvas wrote:

> Hi! This is my first post to the list. It was suggested I try my luck 
> here by some kind folks at #ipw2200 and #wireless on freenode.
> 
> My problems involve wpa_supplicant and my inability to get it to 
> associate with my access point. The hardware involved is an Intel 
> Pro/Wireless 2200BG (on a dell inspiron 700m) and a D-Link 2100AP 
> (currently running with WPA-PSK using CCMP/AES encryption). The setup 
> works fine under *cough* that other OS. I would like to be completely 
> free of it though.
> 
> The laptop is currently running FC3 and today I compiled and installed 
> 2.6.11.7 with the appropriate modules and options successfully. I'm also 
> using wpa_supplicant 0.4.0 and the latest (1.0.3 at the time of posting) 
> ipw2200 drivers. The wireless card will associate correctly with any 
> open networks, so at least that much is functioning.
> 
> "iwlist eth1 scanning" outputs:
> 
> #start
> Scan completed :
>      Cell 01 - Address: 00:11:95:BF:A6:4F
>                ESSID:"ShiftFocus"
>                Protocol:IEEE 802.11bg
>                Mode:Master
>                Channel:3
>                Encryption key:on
>                Bit Rate:54 Mb/s
>                Extra: Rates (Mb/s): 1 2 5.5 9 11 6 12 18 24 36 48 54
>                Quality=93/100  Signal level=-34 dBm
>            Extra:wpa_ie=dd160050f20101000050f20401000050f20401000050f202
>                Extra: Last beacon: 22ms ago
> #end
> 
> 
> My wpa_supplicant.conf reads:
> 
> #start
> ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
> ctrl_interface_group=0
> eapol_version=1
> ap_scan=1
> fast_reauth=1
> 
> network={
>     ssid="ShiftFocus"
>     scan_ssid=1
>     key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
>     psk="secret-or-so-i-hope"
> }
> #end
> 
> According to most of the folks who've had some experience with this 
> stuff, everything seems in order. But below is the output from 
> wpa_supplicant, and I don't know what's going on. Hopefully someone can 
> tell me what I did wrong. If not, no worries, thank you so much for your 
> time. The lines that have me stumped and which remain suspect are the 
> following:
> 
> 1. wpa_driver_ipw_init is called
> ioctl[SIOCSIWPMKSA]: Operation not supported
> 
> 2. Trying to associate with 00:11:95:bf:a6:4f (SSID='ShiftFocus' freq=0 
> MHz)
> 
> 3. Authentication with 00:00:00:00:00:00 timed out.
> Added BSSID 00:00:00:00:00:00 into blacklist
> 
> 
> #Begin complete wpa_supplicant output
> 
> Initializing interface 'eth1' conf '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' driver 'ipw'
> Configuration file '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' -> '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf'
> Reading configuration file '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf'
> ctrl_interface='/var/run/wpa_supplicant'
> ctrl_interface_group=0
> eapol_version=1
> ap_scan=1
> fast_reauth=1
> Line: 11 - start of a new network block
> ssid - hexdump_ascii(len=10):
>      53 68 69 66 74 46 6f 63 75 73                     ShiftFocus
> scan_ssid=1 (0x1)
> key_mgmt: 0x2
> PSK (ASCII passphrase) - hexdump_ascii(len=26): [REMOVED]
> PSK (from passphrase) - hexdump(len=32): [REMOVED]
> Priority group 0
>    id=0 ssid='ShiftFocus'
> Initializing interface (2) 'eth1'
> EAPOL: SUPP_PAE entering state DISCONNECTED
> EAPOL: KEY_RX entering state NO_KEY_RECEIVE
> EAPOL: SUPP_BE entering state INITIALIZE
> EAP: EAP entering state DISABLED
> EAPOL: External notification - portEnabled=0
> EAPOL: External notification - portValid=0
> wpa_driver_ipw_init is called
> ioctl[SIOCSIWPMKSA]: Operation not supported
> Own MAC address: 00:0e:35:74:f6:6f
> wpa_driver_ipw_set_wpa: enabled=1
> wpa_driver_ipw_set_key: alg=none key_idx=0 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
> wpa_driver_ipw_set_key: alg=none key_idx=1 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
> wpa_driver_ipw_set_key: alg=none key_idx=2 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
> wpa_driver_ipw_set_key: alg=none key_idx=3 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
> wpa_driver_ipw_set_countermeasures: enabled=0
> wpa_driver_ipw_set_drop_unencrypted: enabled=1
> Setting scan request: 0 sec 100000 usec
> Wireless event: cmd=0x8b06 len=8
> RTM_NEWLINK, IFLA_IFNAME: Interface 'eth1' added
> RTM_NEWLINK, IFLA_IFNAME: Interface 'eth1' added
> State: DISCONNECTED -> SCANNING
> Starting AP scan (specific SSID)
> Scan SSID - hexdump_ascii(len=10):
>      53 68 69 66 74 46 6f 63 75 73                     ShiftFocus
> Scan timeout - try to get results
> Received 274 bytes of scan results (1 BSSes)
> Scan results: 1
> Selecting BSS from priority group 0
> 0: 00:11:95:bf:a6:4f ssid='ShiftFocus' wpa_ie_len=24 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x11
>    selected
> Trying to associate with 00:11:95:bf:a6:4f (SSID='ShiftFocus' freq=0 MHz)
> Cancelling scan request
> Automatic auth_alg selection: 0x1
> wpa_driver_ipw_set_auth_alg: auth_alg=0x1
> WPA: using IEEE 802.11i/D3.0
> WPA: Selected cipher suites: group 16 pairwise 16 key_mgmt 2
> WPA: using GTK CCMP
> WPA: using PTK CCMP
> WPA: using KEY_MGMT WPA-PSK
> WPA: Own WPA IE - hexdump(len=24): dd 16 00 50 f2 01 01 00 00 50 f2 04 
> 01 00 00 50 f2 04 01 00 00 50 f2 02
> No keys have been configured - skip key clearing
> wpa_driver_ipw_set_drop_unencrypted: enabled=1
> State: SCANNING -> ASSOCIATING
> Setting authentication timeout: 5 sec 0 usec
> EAPOL: External notification - EAP success=0
> EAPOL: External notification - EAP fail=0
> EAPOL: External notification - portControl=Auto
> Wireless event: cmd=0x8b1a len=23
> Authentication with 00:00:00:00:00:00 timed out.
> Added BSSID 00:00:00:00:00:00 into blacklist
> State: ASSOCIATING -> DISCONNECTED
> No keys have been configured - skip key clearing
> EAPOL: External notification - portEnabled=0
> EAPOL: External notification - portValid=0
> Setting scan request: 0 sec 0 usec
> State: DISCONNECTED -> SCANNING
> #end output
> 
> Thanks so much!
> Petros K.
> 
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