[pkg-wpa-devel] wpa_supplicant config problem after a recent unstable upgrade

[Kel Modderman]

On Wednesday 23 August 2006 12:12, Z F wrote:
> Dear Kel,
>
> > > PS. I noticed that the README.modes file sais that ndiswrapper
> > > driver should not be used with ndiswrapper 1.16 or newer. Could you
> > > explain what it means. I have ndiswrapper 1.3 and it works.
> >
> > As of ndiswrapper 1.16, you no longer start wpa_supplicant
> > with '-Dndiswrapper', rather you must use '-Dwext'. More information
> > is in
> > the NEWS file in /usr/share/doc/ndiswrapper.
>
> I know that the readme file says that, but wext does not work where
> as ndiswrapper does :-)
>
> ndiswrapper version 1.3rc1 (compiled from source)
> kernel 2.6.13.1            (compiled form source)
> wpa_supplicant 0.5.4-5     (debian package)
>
> If I use wext, the computer does not get IP address.
> the dchp3-client (and common) debian packages are installed.
>
> Should I worry about this mismatch with the readme file? :-)

Maybe it is not clear enough that WEXT capabilities are only available with 
linux kernel >= 2.6.14.

Thanks, Kel.