[pkg-wpa-devel] wpa config vs ipwconfig

[Kel Modderman]

ericp at caldergroup.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My question is are my wpa-* setting the equivalent of my iwconfig 
> settings? My problem , after bringing up eth1, wpa settings don't show 
> up when running iwconfig. Other access points work ok, but I've never 
> been able to set the ssid using wpa.
>
> This works
> /sbin/iwconfig eth1 essid NETGEAR channel 6 key 
> 12345678901234567890123456
>
> This does not work (from /etc/network/interfaces)
> mapping eth1
>         script grep
>         map eth1-work
>         map eth1-home
>         map eth1-rents
>
> iface eth1-rents inet dhcp
>         wpa-driver ipw

Out of interest, what kernel version do you run?

>         wpa-ssid NETGEAR
>         wpa-key-mgmt NONE
>         wpa-wep-key0 "12345678901234567890123456"

Don't quote the hex wep key.

>         wpa-wep-tx-keyidx 0
>
>
> Versions
> wpasupplicant  0.4.8-4
> ipw2200 2.4
>
> This is what I get from wpa_client, with config from 
> /etc/network/interfaces.
>
> Connection to wpa_supplicant lost - trying to reconnect
> Connection to wpa_supplicant re-established
> <2>CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys
> <2>CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys
> <2>CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys
> <2>CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys
> <2>CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys
> <2>CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys
> <2>CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys
>

Thanks, Kel.