WPA Madwifi Hell - I can't be the only one!

msalerno · Last edited by msalerno on Fri Feb 24, 2006 5:09 am; edited 2 times in total

I know I am not the only one going through this hell! With the current config, the adapter does not start automatically.
I have been able to get ath0 to connect to the network, but only manually, by following these steps:

I know that at this point, I need to be close, but I am missing something. I have spent so much time going through these config files that I am sure it's something really simple I overlooked.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!

wpa_supplicant-0.5.1
madwifi_driver-0.1443.20060207
madwifi_tools-0.1443.20060207
sys-apps/baselayout-1.11.14-r5

/etc/conf.d/net

RayDude

You're lucky your trying now, for a while (about four to five months) last year there was no way to get it to work without using old versions of stuff.

I am running, here's what I'm using:

msalerno · Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 5:13 am Post subject:

I used to have it all working, but I upgraded then I downgraded and went back and forth a few times, then the ebuild for wpa_supplicant-0.4.5 was removed, and I saw that madwifi was supported by the new wpa client, so I wanted to try it. I am just looking for some help with the configuration. I would imagine (purposely don't use assume :wink:

), that if I can get it working by using the existing wpa_supplicant configuration from the command line, I must have something screwed up in my /etc/conf.d/net file.

Pandor · Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2006 11:07 am Post subject:

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I'm using the same versions as you.

wpa_supplicant-0.5.1, madwifi-driver-0.1443.20060207, wireless-tools-28_pre10, latest baselayout

The trick for me to getting it working was simply to set wpa_timeout_ath0=90 in /etc/conf.d/net

For some reason the new driver takes about twice as long as the old driver to connect to my access point.

Here is my wpa_supplicant.conf, I'm using WPA-PSK with AES.

ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=wheel
eapol_version=1
ap_scan=1
fast_reauth=1

network={
ssid="wander"
psk=2338f3dc97d2a573cuahsdkfuh7hihqi3h7777739e3f8a81b79eff550b259f46a9cf2
priority=1
scan_ssid=1
}
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msalerno · Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 10:39 pm Post subject:

Awesome! I am in the process of getting married this week, so I'll put it in place next week!

LimeFrog · Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 8:33 am Post subject:

Yay, i finally got my wireless WPA-PSK network running by adding this line to wpa_supplicant.conf.

plonka2000 · Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 12:16 pm Post subject:

Hi,
Can someone advise a method to configure wpa_supplicant to connect to a unsecured network?
My network at the moment is technically unsecured but is hardware MAC filtered.

When I try and connect, I get errors.

I basically just want it to connect to a specific ssid without any encryption.

This is my current /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf:

LimeFrog · Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 1:38 pm Post subject:

plonka2000 · Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 4:05 pm Post subject:

LimeFrog · Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 4:29 pm Post subject:

Gah, it looks like i spoke to soon. I'm still having problems getting my connection up.
But it goes up after some restarts of ath0, though wpa_supplicant says the process fails. So all i have to write is "ifconfig ath0 192.168.0.3/24" and it works.
Ideas anyone? :roll:

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RayDude · ifconfig ath0 192.168.0.3/24

LimeFrog · Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 5:51 am Post subject:

No but net.eth0 never starts up, atleast that's what "ifconfig -a" tells me.

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