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MorLipf
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Joined: 09 Nov 2004
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Location: Solingen, Germany
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 Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2005 6:41 pm Post subject: IPW2200 / WPA / wpa_supplicant - can't get it working! |
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Hi,
here is my next problem. Every time I try to activate the wireless card I get this message:
| Code: | * Starting eth1
* Starting wpa_supplicant on eth1 ... [ ok ]
* Starting wpa_cli on eth1 ... [ ok ]
* Failed to configure eth1 in the background |
And here is my /etc/conf.d/net:
| Code: | modules=( "wpa_supplicant" )
wpa_supplicant_eth1="-Dwext"
wpa_timeout_eth1=60
config_eth1=( "dhcp" ) |
My /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf:
| Code: | ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=0
eapol_version=1
ap_scan=1
fast_reauth=1
network={
ssid="<hidden>"
scan_ssid=1
proto=WPA
auth_alg=OPEN
psk="<hidden passphrase>"
priority=5
} |
I think my config files are correct. How can I fix this? The kernel is 2.6.14-gentoo-r4 and the ipw2200 is the newest version I've found in portage.
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monsieur
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Joined: 01 Jul 2005
Posts: 16
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| Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2005 2:19 am Post subject: |
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hi, I have the same kernel and driver.
Try to be less specific in the network part of wpa_supplicant, here is mine:
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#cat /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
[snip]
# Simple case: WPA-PSK, PSK as an ASCII passphrase, allow all valid ciphers
network={
ssid="<ssid>"
scan_ssid=1
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
psk="<psk>"
priority=5
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This way wpa_supplicant will figure shit out by itself.
It works for both WPA-TKIP and WPA-AES, also I read somewhere that you cannot have an hidden SSID (not saying you have but think about it), when using WPA...
You will probably want "options hwcrypo=0" in your /etc/modules.d/ipw2200 too.
good luck |
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Ateo
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Joined: 02 Jun 2003
Posts: 2022
Location: Vegas Baby!
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| Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2005 9:25 am Post subject: |
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| monsieur wrote: | | You will probably want "options hwcrypo=0" in your /etc/modules.d/ipw2200 too. |
That should be "options ipw2200 hwcrypto=0" |
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aries
Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 03 May 2004
Posts: 127
Location: Sliedrecht the Netherlands
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| Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 6:59 pm Post subject: |
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Maybe this helps a bit.
My system config:
- hidden SSID
- WPA-PSK
- kernel 2.6.14-gentoo-r4
For hidden SSID's set: eapol_version=2.
It was difficult for me to setup wpa_supplicant.conf, until I discovered wpa_gui: this makes it very easy.
If you set "update_config=1" in wpa_supplicant.conf the chages are written to your config file.
With this settings my laptop automatically connect to the wireless router:
wpa_supplicant.conf:
| Code: | ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=0
eapol_version=2
fast_reauth=1
update_config=1
network={
ssid="do_not_use"
scan_ssid=1
psk="abacadabra"
proto=WPA
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
pairwise=TKIP
} |
/etc/conf.d/net -wireless part only -
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config_eth1=( "dhcp" )
modules=( "wpa_supplicant" )
wpa_supplicant_eth1="-Dwext"
wpa_timeout_eth1=60
dhcp_eth1="nodns nontp nonis -t -o 60 -N"
fallback_eth1=( "192.168.123.102" ) |
added this modules.autoload/kernel2.6:
| Code: | ipw2200
ieee80211_crypt_wep
ieee80211_crypt_tkip
ieee80211_crypt_ccmp |
inked net.eth1 andded it to runlevel default | Code: |
cd /etc/init.d
ln -s net.lo net.eth1
rc-update add net.eth1 default |
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beatryder
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Joined: 08 Apr 2005
Posts: 1138
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| Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 5:22 pm Post subject: |
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Sweet that worked for me! Thanks!
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