[pkg-wpa-devel] Re: Don't know how to debug, please help.

[B. Zhang]

On Thu, 2006-05-04 at 23:00 +1000, Kel Modderman wrote:
> B. Zhang wrote:
> > On Thu, 2006-05-04 at 21:38 +1000, Kel Modderman wrote:
> >   
> >>> Now it works with 0.4.8-4 after adding "wpa-driver wext"
> >>> in /etc/network/interfaces:
> >>>       
> >> Thanks for the feedback! That is exactly what I suspected. Some modules 
> >> are not being detected in /proc/net/wireless (although ipw* and madwifi 
> >> are not having this problem so far).
> >>
> >>     
> > So if I don't give explicitly the driver wext, wpa_supplicant may not
> > use wext as default driver. This means that "No driver is given, wext is
> > used by default." in mode 2 of /usr/share/doc/wpasupplicant/README.modes
> > is not correct. 
> >
> >   
> 
> It is correct, and it expects that the wifi driver creates appropriate 
> files in /proc/net/wireless as per standard.
> 
OK. I understand now.

> You are using _very_ experimental drivers.
> 
> However, do you suggest I remove the check for wireless extensions?
> 
No. :)
I use a experimental driver, so I should adapt my config.

Thanks,
Bin

> Kel.
>