> > debug.log is from the AP. This shows that there's an initial start of a > > conversation, however there's no answer. It appears that it's the only > > conversation ever started, even though the client logs indicate > > wpa_supplicant / zd1211rw retry something later on. During this first > > conversation SoftMAC seems to associate out of the blue. My guess is that > > this confuses everything "beyond repair". > > softmac associating is not out of the blue - it was requested by > wpa_supplicant. I think the problem is that wpa_supplicant does SIWESSID > followed by SIWAP in short succession. This causes softmac to scan for > networks then associate once (SIWESSID), then scan for networks and > associate again (SIWAP). After SIWESSID happens, the other end starts > the WPA EAPOL stuff, but the device doesn't notice that because it is > too busy scanning the other 10 channels to do the SIWAP association. > > Rather hard to fix properly, if the WE interface is as it seems...
(I forgot to include the list last time so I post this whole now) I currently haven't got the time to look into any code so I'm making quite a few assumptions here. Are you saying that softmac does the association on behalf of wpa_supplicant ? I'd expect something like this: - softmac does authentication and association for open / shared, unencrypted / WEP encrypted networks. - With WPA involved I expect softmac to authenticate, but since the association is different I expect wpa_supplicant to associate and inform softmac to update its association state once wpa_supplicant is done. By just looking at the logs it seems either softmac associates on behalf of wpa_supplicant not giving wpa_supplicant a chance to do its thing or wpa_supplicant fails to do its thing and doesn't report failure to softmac leaving softmac to belief we've got an association. The softmac automatically scans / associates thing feels bad to me. It gives me the feeling wpa_supplicant is left out of the equation at some point. Also the associate once / associate again feels bad, I thought association is necessary only once. ------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Zd1211-devs mailing list - http://zd1211.ath.cx/ Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/zd1211-devs
