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gustafson
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 Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 8:14 pm Post subject: Broadcom BCM4312 connects by manual call to wpa_supplicant |
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Edited 1 time: The subject line has been updated to better reflect my current understanding of the problem... this first post is left for archival purposes.
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My wireless only connects to insecure ESSIDs and only when I let it connect automatically without the /etc/conf.d/net file.
When I try connecting to my secure (WPA-PSK) router, it fails. I'm using baselayout 2.
My hardware is:
| Code: | | 04:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g (rev 01) |
My /etc/conf.d/net is:
| Code: | modules_wlan0="!iwconfig wpa_supplicant"
preferred_aps="theESSID"
config_theESSID="192.168.1.3"
routes_theESSID="default via 192.168.1.1"
dns_servers_theESSID="192.168.1.1" |
My /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf file is:
| Code: | network={
ssid="theESSID"
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
psk="thekey"
} |
I have tried both the b43 and broadcom-sta drivers. (one at a time... removing both b43 and ssb when trying broadcom-sta)
It doesn't connect when I run the init scripts... the errors are:
| Code: | /etc/init.d/net.eth1 restart
* Caching service dependencies ... [ ok ]
* Bringing down interface eth1
* Stopping dhcpcd on eth1 ... [ ok ]
* Removing addresses
* Bringing up interface eth1
* Configuring wireless network for eth1
* Scanning for access points
* Found "theESSID" at XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX, managed, encrypted
* WEP key is not set for "theESSID"
* Couldn't associate with any access points on eth1
* Failed to configure wireless for eth1
* ERROR: net.eth1 failed to start |
for the broadcom driver and
| Code: | * Bringing down interface wlan0
* Removing addresses
* Bringing up interface wlan0
* No configuration specified; defaulting to DHCP
* dhcp ...
* Running dhcpcd ...
wlan0: dhcpcd 4.0.15 starting
wlan0: read_interface: Unknown error 132 [ ok ]
* received address [ ok ] |
for the b43 driver.
Also my kernel is:
| Code: | | Linux hostname 2.6.33-tuxonice-r2 #21 SMP Thu Jun 17 11:22:09 EDT 2010 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P7450 @ 2.13GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux |
It connects to a neighbors wireless router if I delete /etc/conf.d/net but fails completely when I use the above file. Any suggestions? The error messages suggest it is ignoring my wpa_supplicant.conf file.
Trying to connect directly with wpa_supplicant.conf has lead to a connection with the broadcom.sta driver (not reliably). However, I can't seem to force its use within /etc/conf.d/net
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cach0rr0
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| Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 8:17 pm Post subject: |
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I would wager you're missing these from your kernel
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$ zgrep 80211_CRYPT /proc/config.gz
CONFIG_LIB80211_CRYPT_WEP=m
CONFIG_LIB80211_CRYPT_CCMP=m
CONFIG_LIB80211_CRYPT_TKIP=m
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gustafson
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| Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 9:46 pm Post subject: |
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OK thanks,
Yes, I'd seen one of those posts. I do currently have the CONFIG_LIB80211_CRYPT_{WEP,CCMP,TKIP} and the HOSTAP options set.
Broadcom-sta does work with 4312 (at least in some cases). it worked flawlessly in my first install before I screwed it up debugging sound and had to start from scratch (the short story... don't ever do cat /dev/urandom > /dev/sda when you mean cat /dev/urandom > /dev/dsp... the typo from hell)
Unless I have to, I don't want to mess with the kernel config any more... because the following works with broadcom-sta:
| Code: | | wpa_supplicant -ieth1 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf |
It only works if I explicitly call wpa_supplicant ie neither automatically nor with the net.eth1 script. However, this means the kernel config is OK... right? Also, I want to specify my IP address and I haven't found anywhere else to do that beside /etc/conf.d/net.
In that other post, you said these:
| Code: | B43=N
SSB=N
LIB80211=M
WIRELESS_EXT=Y
CFG80211_WEXT=M
WEXT_PRIV=Y
MAC80211=N |
I have these:
| Code: | B43=m
SSB=m
LIB80211=y
WIRELESS_EXT=Y
CFG80211_WEXT=M
WEXT_PRIV=Y
MAC80211=M |
I'm also blacklisting ssb and b43 and mac80211 is not loaded. (I think this is how it worked in my previous install.) |
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