On Wed, 2007-02-14 at 08:21 -0500, Daniel Drake wrote: > Hi Richard! Remember me?
Of course! You *still* owe me that beer :-) > Richard Hughes wrote: > > SoftMAC: Scanning finished: scanned 11 channels starting with channel 1 > > SoftMAC: Queueing Authentication Request to 00:11:95:19:a7:4c > > SoftMAC: Cannot associate without being authenticated, requested > > authentication > > SoftMAC: Sent Authentication Request to 00:11:95:19:a7:4c. > > SoftMAC: Already associating or associated to 00:11:95:19:a7:4c > > SoftMAC: Open Authentication with 00:11:95:19:a7:4c failed, error code: > > 13 > > This error code comes from the access point - it rejected you. So at > frame packet transmission/reception at this level seems to be working. > > Error code 13 means "Requested authentication algorithm not supported". > This probably means that the access point requires you to use shared key > authentication (as opposed to open auth). Ahh yes. Not my access point (at my girlfriends) and it is set to shared. The error should probably not have said: SoftMAC: Open Authentication with 00;00 failed, error code: 13 But instead: SoftMAC: Open Authentication with 00;00 failed: Requested authentication algorithm not supported (try open mode instead of shared key) I would happily send a patch for that if you want. > If you have administrative access to the AP you may want to disable > shared key authentication and go back to open mode. Shared key is really > insecure, it basically gives your WEP key away to anyone nearby > sniffing the network. I do (default usernames and passwords ;-) and it is indeed working with open mode. I've no idea why ipw3945 works and zd1211 does not work with "shared key" access points, although if it's a design decision it should probably be propagated to the user via NetworkManager. Thanks for your help with this. Richard. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Zd1211-devs mailing list - http://zd1211.ath.cx/ Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/zd1211-devs
