Does anybody here comes across this problem? It happens without any
reason, and then disappears by itself. I got this problem today again.
My wireless WPA is not working now, though I didn't do anything...


Alexandru Cardaniuc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> I restarted computer several times, loaded the modules again and
> everything started working again! Sorry for the disturbance...
> 
> 
> > Hi All!
> > 
> > Suddenly yesterday my wireless stopped working. When trying to start
> >the wireless, I get the following error: ndiswrapper
> >(wpa_set_wpa:1351): driver is not WPA capable.
> > 
> > Everything worked fine for several months already. I am using debian
> >sid with stock linux kernel 2.6.12-k8. Use ndiswrapper version 1.1-4
> >and wpa_supplicant version 0.4.2.
> > 
> > Using hp pavilion zv5260.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Wireless configuration:
> > 
> > I added ndiswrapper to /etc/modules
> > 
> > 
> > /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf:
> >-------------------------------------------------------------
> >ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant # for wpa_cli support
> > 
> > network={ ssid="South Park" psk="secret" key_mgmt=WPA-PSK proto=WPA
> >} --------------------------------------------------------------
> > 
> > 
> > /etc/network/interfaces:
> >------------------------------------------------------------------ #
> >Used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8). See the interfaces(5) manpage or #
> >/usr/share/doc/ifupdown/examples for more information.
> > 
> > iface lo inet loopback auto lo
> > 
> > # auto eth0 # iface eth0 inet dhcp
> > 
> > auto wlan0 iface wlan0 inet dhcp name Wireless LAN card
> >wireless_essid South Park
> > 
> > pre-up modprobe ndiswrapper pre-up wpa_supplicant -wB -i wlan0
> >-c/etc/network/wpa_supplicant.conf -Dndiswrapper pre-up sleep 3 down
> >killall wpa_supplicant
> >--------------------------------------------------------------------
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > That's it. What is strange - is that everything worked fine just
> >yesterday. I do software updates every day though but I have no idea
> >what can be causing the problem. I use now the second debian revision
> >of linux-kernel-2.6.12-k8. I thought that was the problem, but after
> >I reinstalled the first revision - nothing changed.
> > 
> > Any help will be greatly appreciated...
> > 

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