Bug#398820: [pkg-wpa-devel] Bug#398820: wpasupplicant: WPA works but WEP key do not

[Kel Modderman]

On Friday 17 November 2006 19:36, Kel Modderman wrote:
> On Thursday 16 November 2006 05:38, Anand Kumria wrote:
> > I use the ipw2200 driver (from 2.6.18-rc2) and with the following in
> > /etc/network/interface I can intermittedly associate but never get an IP
> > address allocation via DHCP:
> >
> > iface wlan0 inet dhcp
> >         wpa-ssid MyWiFi
> >         wpa-psk  ABACADAEAF
> >         up ifmetric wlan0 1
>
> This configuration is for associating and authenticating with access point
> using the WPA or WPA-2 (Wifi Protected Access) encryption standard[1] using
> PSK (Pre Shared Key). Client side authentication management is  via
> wpa_supplicant.
>
> If you used this config to connect to a WEP encrypted access point, you
> would periodically associate, but fail to authenticate soon after. This
> process would cycle indefinitely.
>
> > However, if I use this instead, everything Just Works:
> >
> > iface wlan0 inet dhcp
> >         wireless-ssid MyWiFi
> >         wireless-mode Managed
> >         wireless-key1 ABACADAEAF
> >         up ifmetric wlan0 1
>
> This configuration is for associating and authenticating with an access
> point using the WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) encryption standard[2].
> Client side authentication settings are managed via iwconfig from
> wireless-tools.
>
> > Let me know what, if anything, you want me to test. I'm unsure where to
> > begin and/or what I might need to provide.
>
> Since you seem to be comparing apples to oranges, there is clearly no tests
> to be done to fix the problem you describe above, as the only problem I can
> see is misinformation.
>
> Do you have a reason for using wpa_supplicant for a static configuration
> defined in /etc/network/interfaces when the stanza using wireless-tools
> magic hooks Just Works?
>
> If you did, a wpa_supplicant.conf block for connecting to a WEP access
> point would look like:
>
> network={
>         ssid="MyWiFi"
>         key_mgmt=NONE
>         wep_key0=ABACADAEAF
>         wep_tx_keyidx=0
> }
>
> Translated to be used from /etc/network/interfaces:
>
> iface wlan0 inet dhcp
> 	wpa-ssid MyWiFi
> 	wpa-key-mgmt NONE
> 	wpa-wep-key0 ABACADAEAF
> 	wpa-wep-tx-keyidx 0
>
> And although the above is a theroetically supported configuration (via the
> wpasupplicant/ifupdown scripts) I still question why you would prefer this
> method for a statically defined network when wireless-tools is all that is
> required.
>
> Thanks, Kel.
>
> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi_Protected_Access
> [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wired_Equivalent_Privacy

No reply from submitter in over 2 weeks, the bug report seems absolutely false 
to me, so am closing this bug.

Thanks, Kel.