On Monday 07 April 2008 02:13:39 Chadinater wrote: > Subject: wpasupplicant: wpa interface extensions incompatible with > wireless-tools interface extensions > Package: wpasupplicant > Version: 0.6.3-1 > Severity: normal > > Many upgrades ago, I discovered that calling wpa_supplicant either > manually or using the wpa-* extensions in an /etc/network/interfaces > stanza fails to connect my madwifi card to my madwifi wpa-eap hostapd+ > freeradius access point. > > The problem relates to the presence of wireless_* interfaces extensions > from the wireless-tool package. In particular, extensions that > explicitedly identify my ap; namely, wireless_channel, wireless_essid > wireless_ap. > > For example, this stanza will not connect me to my ap. > iface ath0 inet dhcp > wireless_mode Managed > wireless_channel 1 > wireless_essid home_wpa > wireless_ap 0d:0f:cb:b1:bd:eb > wpa-driver madwifi > wpa_conf /etc/wpa_wpasupplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf > > If I disable all wireless-* lines, I can connect. > > Additionally, this stanza and process works... > iface ath0 inet dhcp > wireless_mode Managed > wireless_ap any > > If I issue the following commands, in this order, I can > get the connection. > 1) ifup ath0 > 2) iwconfig ath0 ap 0d:0f:cb:b1:bd:eb ap home_wpa > 3) /sbin/wpa_supplicant -D madwifi -i ath0 -c > /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant > > So wpa_supplicant and wireless tools (iwconfig, etc) are > compatible outside of interface stanza, but not in a stanza. > Why would they be mutually exclusively inside a stanza, but > not outside.
The ifupdown wireless-tools hook may be executed after wpasupplicant hook, thus executing them in an order you don't like or expect. > > Debian's wpa_supplicant's documentation does not mention > this incompatiblity, although it seems to be implied. Maybe > the documentation should make it more explicit? Or maybe > wireless-* extensions and wpa-* extensions should get along > because the intention of both is to identify and connect to > an access point? The Linux wireless gods seem to think that wireless-extensions was poorly designed, don't want to fix it up, and persue a new line of development. I'm not sure this package can change anything here, it seems this is more a complaint than a bug report. What do you want wpasupplicant package to do? Thanks, Kel. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
