Problem: When connecting my wifi card to the AP, I fall into a never-ending
"ASSOCIATING" state and won't authenticate.
With madwifi it used to work.
Can you help me to get it work ?
Here I give you as much infos as I can:
Kernel: 2.6.30.5-43.fc11.i686.PAE
driver: ath5k
# lspci | grep Atheros
01:07.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5001X+
Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
# lspci -n -s 01:07.0
01:07.0 0200: 168c:0013 (rev 01)
Kernel messages on modprobe ath5k:
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Sep 12 10:50:01 LinuxAsus kernel: ath5k 0000:01:07.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKB]
-> GSI 14 (level, low) -> IRQ 14
Sep 12 10:50:01 LinuxAsus kernel: ath5k 0000:01:07.0: registered as 'phy1'
Sep 12 10:50:02 LinuxAsus kernel: ath5k phy1: Atheros AR2414 chip found (MAC:
0x79, PHY: 0x45)
/etc/sysconfig/wpa_supplicant
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INTERFACES="-iwlan0"
DRIVERS="-Dwext"
OTHER_ARGS="-u -f /var/log/wpa_supplicant.log"
/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
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ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ap_scan=2
fast_reauth=1
network={
ssid="WLAN-MF"
proto=WPA
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
pairwise=TKIP
group=TKIP
psk="......omissis......."
priority=9
}
Commands to get wi-fi work
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/usr/sbin/wpa_cli -iwlan0 terminate
OK
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf -iwlan0 -
Dwext -dd
Initializing interface 'wlan0' conf '/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf'
driver 'wext' ctrl_interface 'N/A' bridge 'N/A'
Configuration file '/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf' ->
'/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf'
Reading configuration file '/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf'
ctrl_interface='/var/run/wpa_supplicant'
ap_scan=2
fast_reauth=1
Line: 7 - start of a new network block
ssid - hexdump_ascii(len=7):
57 4c 41 4e 2d 4d 46 WLAN-MF
proto: 0x1
key_mgmt: 0x2
pairwise: 0x8
group: 0x8
PSK (ASCII passphrase) - hexdump_ascii(len=36): [REMOVED]
priority=9 (0x9)
PSK (from passphrase) - hexdump(len=32): [REMOVED]
Priority group 9
id=0 ssid='WLAN-MF'
Initializing interface (2) 'wlan0'
Interface wlan0 set UP - waiting a second for the driver to complete
initialization
SIOCGIWRANGE: WE(compiled)=22 WE(source)=21 enc_capa=0xf
capabilities: key_mgmt 0xf enc 0xf flags 0x0
WEXT: Operstate: linkmode=1, operstate=5
Own MAC address: 00:40:f4:f4:d7:32
wpa_driver_wext_set_wpa
wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 key_idx=0 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 key_idx=1 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 key_idx=2 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 key_idx=3 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
wpa_driver_wext_set_countermeasures
wpa_driver_wext_set_drop_unencrypted
RSN: flushing PMKID list in the driver
Setting scan request: 0 sec 100000 usec
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
Added interface wlan0
Ignore event for foreign ifindex 3
RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=0 ifi_flags=0x1003 ([UP])
RTM_NEWLINK, IFLA_IFNAME: Interface 'wlan0' added
RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=0 ifi_flags=0x1003 ([UP])
RTM_NEWLINK, IFLA_IFNAME: Interface 'wlan0' added
Wireless event: cmd=0x8b06 len=8
State: DISCONNECTED -> SCANNING
Trying to associate with SSID 'WLAN-MF'
Cancelling scan request
WPA: clearing own WPA/RSN IE
Automatic auth_alg selection: 0x1
WPA: No WPA/RSN IE available from association info
WPA: Set cipher suites based on configuration
WPA: Selected cipher suites: group 8 pairwise 8 key_mgmt 2 proto 1
WPA: clearing AP WPA IE
WPA: clearing AP RSN IE
WPA: using GTK TKIP
WPA: using PTK TKIP
WPA: using KEY_MGMT WPA-PSK
WPA: Set own WPA IE default - hexdump(len=24): ............ omissis ..........
No keys have been configured - skip key clearing
wpa_driver_wext_set_drop_unencrypted
State: SCANNING -> ASSOCIATING
wpa_driver_wext_set_operstate: operstate 0->0 (DORMANT)
WEXT: Operstate: linkmode=-1, operstate=5
wpa_driver_wext_associate
wpa_driver_wext_set_psk
Setting authentication timeout: 60 sec 0 usec
EAPOL: External notification - EAP success=0
EAPOL: External notification - EAP fail=0
EAPOL: External notification - portControl=Auto
RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=0 ifi_flags=0x1003 ([UP])
RTM_NEWLINK, IFLA_IFNAME: Interface 'wlan0' added
Wireless event: cmd=0x8b06 len=8
EAPOL: disable timer tick
RX ctrl_iface - hexdump_ascii(len=6):
53 54 41 54 55 53 STATUS
RX ctrl_iface - hexdump_ascii(len=9):
54 45 52 4d 49 4e 41 54 45 TERMINATE
Removing interface wlan0
State: ASSOCIATING -> DISCONNECTED
wpa_driver_wext_set_operstate: operstate 0->0 (DORMANT)
WEXT: Operstate: linkmode=-1, operstate=5
No keys have been configured - skip key clearing
EAPOL: External notification - portEnabled=0
EAPOL: External notification - portValid=0
wpa_driver_wext_set_wpa
wpa_driver_wext_set_drop_unencrypted
wpa_driver_wext_set_countermeasures
No keys have been configured - skip key clearing
Cancelling scan request
Cancelling authentication timeout
WEXT: Operstate: linkmode=0, operstate=6
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# /usr/sbin/wpa_cli -iwlan0 status
wpa_state=ASSOCIATING
ip_address=192.168.168.3
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# ifconfig wlan0
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:40:F4:F4:D7:32
inet addr:192.168.168.3 Bcast:192.168.168.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
# iwconfig wlan0
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"WLAN-MF"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
# iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:40:F4:FB:92:39
Channel:6
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality=56/70 Signal level=-54 dBm
Encryption key:on
ESSID:"WLAN-MF"
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
12 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
Bit Rates:9 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=000000001f52e123
Extra: Last beacon: 615ms ago
IE: Unknown: 0007574C414E2D4D46
IE: Unknown: 010882848B960C183048
IE: Unknown: 030106
IE: Unknown: 2A0100
IE: Unknown: 32041224606C
IE: Unknown: DD0900037F01010017FF7F
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: Unknown: DD0C00037F020101010002A34000
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