[SLUG] Wireless on iBook G4

2008-04-02 Thread Alan L Tyree 
G'day,

Trying to get the wireless working on my iBook G4 running Debian Etch,
Gnome, Network Manager bcm43xx and wpa_supplicant.

I can connect to open networks, so the bcm43xx is working, but when I
tried a WPA network this morning I get (from /var/log/messages:

Apr  3 10:42:13 misty kernel: SoftMAC: Open Authentication completed
with 00:18:4d:09:a9:9c 
Apr  3 10:42:17 misty kernel: bcm43xx: set
security called, .level = 0, .enabled = 0, .encrypt = 0 
Apr  3 10:42:17 misty last message repeated 4 times Apr  3 10:42:17
misty kernel: SoftMAC: Open Authentication completed with
00:18:4d:09:a9:9c 
Apr  3 10:42:20 misty kernel: bcm43xx: set security
called, .level = 0, .enabled = 0, .encrypt = 0 
Apr  3 10:42:20 misty
last message repeated 5 times

And then it gives up.

What should I be looking for?

Thanks for any help.
Alan

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Re: [SLUG] Wireless on iBook G4

2008-04-02 Thread Sven Peters 
G'Day Alan,

What's in your /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf?
Try to start your WIFI manually by 

sudo wpa_supplicant -i wlan0 -D driver
-c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf -dd

and watch the output for errors.

Cheers,
Sven

On Thu, 2008-04-03 at 11:48 +1100, Alan L Tyree wrote:
 G'day,
 
 Trying to get the wireless working on my iBook G4 running Debian Etch,
 Gnome, Network Manager bcm43xx and wpa_supplicant.
 
 I can connect to open networks, so the bcm43xx is working, but when I
 tried a WPA network this morning I get (from /var/log/messages:
 
 Apr  3 10:42:13 misty kernel: SoftMAC: Open Authentication completed
 with 00:18:4d:09:a9:9c 
 Apr  3 10:42:17 misty kernel: bcm43xx: set
 security called, .level = 0, .enabled = 0, .encrypt = 0 
 Apr  3 10:42:17 misty last message repeated 4 times Apr  3 10:42:17
 misty kernel: SoftMAC: Open Authentication completed with
 00:18:4d:09:a9:9c 
 Apr  3 10:42:20 misty kernel: bcm43xx: set security
 called, .level = 0, .enabled = 0, .encrypt = 0 
 Apr  3 10:42:20 misty
 last message repeated 5 times
 
 And then it gives up.
 
 What should I be looking for?
 
 Thanks for any help.
 Alan
 
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 Alan L Tyreehttp://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan
 Tel:  04 2748 6206  Fax: +61 2 4782 7092
 FWD: 615662

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Re: [SLUG] Wireless on iBook G4

2008-04-02 Thread Alan L Tyree 
On Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:02:40 +1100
Sven Peters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 G'Day Alan,
 
 What's in your /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf?

-

# this first part is essential, according to all documentation
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=0
eapol_version=1
ap_scan=1
fast_reauth=1

# connect to any public network
network={
ssid=
key_mgmt=NONE
priority=0
}



 Try to start your WIFI manually by 
 
 sudo wpa_supplicant -i wlan0 -D driver
 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf -dd
 
 and watch the output for errors.

Thanks Sven. I don't actually have a wireless - I was hoping to get it
working for a road trip that I am planning. I was trying to connect at
the local Apple shop.

Maybe best to get a wireless myself and fiddle with it until I
understand what's going on.


 
 Cheers,
 Sven
 
 On Thu, 2008-04-03 at 11:48 +1100, Alan L Tyree wrote:
  G'day,
  
  Trying to get the wireless working on my iBook G4 running Debian
  Etch, Gnome, Network Manager bcm43xx and wpa_supplicant.
  
  I can connect to open networks, so the bcm43xx is working, but when
  I tried a WPA network this morning I get (from /var/log/messages:
  
  Apr  3 10:42:13 misty kernel: SoftMAC: Open Authentication completed
  with 00:18:4d:09:a9:9c 
  Apr  3 10:42:17 misty kernel: bcm43xx: set
  security called, .level = 0, .enabled = 0, .encrypt = 0 
  Apr  3 10:42:17 misty last message repeated 4 times Apr  3 10:42:17
  misty kernel: SoftMAC: Open Authentication completed with
  00:18:4d:09:a9:9c 
  Apr  3 10:42:20 misty kernel: bcm43xx: set security
  called, .level = 0, .enabled = 0, .encrypt = 0 
  Apr  3 10:42:20 misty
  last message repeated 5 times
  
  And then it gives up.
  
  What should I be looking for?
  
  Thanks for any help.
  Alan
  
  -- 
  Alan L Tyreehttp://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan
  Tel:  04 2748 6206  Fax: +61 2 4782 7092
  FWD: 615662
 
 


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FWD: 615662
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