Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: wpasupplicant
If I try to use wpa_supplicant in "managed mode" ie integrated with
/etc/network/interfaces, it no longer works at all in Feisty. Everything
appears to work OK, but the network simply doesn't work; pings aren't
returned etc:
$ sudo ifup eth1
wpa_supplicant: wpa-driver wext
wpa_supplicant: /sbin/wpa_supplicant -B -P /var/run/wpa_supplicant.eth1.pid -i
eth1 -D wext -C /var/run/wpa_supplicant
Starting /sbin/wpa_supplicant...
wpa_supplicant: ctrl_interface socket located at /var/run/wpa_supplicant/eth1
wpa_supplicant: wpa-ap-scan 1 -- OK
wpa_supplicant: configuring network block -- 0
wpa_supplicant: wpa-ssid "Sirius" -- OK
wpa_supplicant: wpa-psk ***** -- OK
wpa_supplicant: wpa-key-mgmt WPA-PSK -- OK
wpa_supplicant: wpa-scan-ssid 1 -- OK
wpa_supplicant: enabling network block 0 -- OK
$ ping -c 1 10.0.0.2
PING 10.0.0.2 (10.0.0.2) 56(84) bytes of data.
>From 10.0.0.5 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable
--- 10.0.0.2 ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 0 received, +1 errors, 100% packet loss, time 0ms
My /etc/network/interfaces includes:
iface eth1 inet static
wpa-verbose 1
wpa-driver wext
wpa-ssid "MySSID"
wpa-key-mgmt WPA-PSK
wpa-psk "secret"
wpa-scan-ssid 1
wpa-ap-scan 1
address 10.0.0.5
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 10.0.0.0
broadcast 10.0.0.255
gateway 10.0.0.2
If I remove the wpa- lines and run wpa_supplicant manually instead:
sudo /sbin/wpa_supplicant -B -i eth1 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
-D wext
sudo ifup eth1
the connection does work. The config file contains:
network={
ssid="MySSID"
scan_ssid=1
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
psk="secret"
}
I had a similar, but less severe, problem in Edgy. If I tried to have
the interface brought up automatically at boot time I would usually have
a similar failure. But if I removed "auto eth1" and ran ifup from a
desktop startup script, connection was consistently successful.
** Affects: wpasupplicant (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
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wpa_supplicant doesn't work in "managed mode" in Feisty
https://launchpad.net/bugs/91477
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