On Sat, Jul 6, 2013 at 9:47 AM, Mayuresh <[email protected]> wrote: > This is on NetBSD 6.1 i386 using the base wpa_supplicant. (I haven't > installed pkg wpa_supplicant, though vaguely remember even it gave this > error.) > > Earlier (and I can't figure out before doing WHAT) wpa_cli used to work > fine for me. > > > Now wpa_cli gives the following error and hangs: > > Could not connect to wpa_supplicant - re-trying > > > wpa_supplicant is actually running fine as the encrypted network is > functioning and "/etc/rc.d/wpa_supplicant status" also shows it running. > > How to go about diagnosing this? I used to rely on it to switch the > wifi network quickly. > > Mayuresh
The most common cause of this is wpa_cli not finding the ctrl socket.
