Bug#368770: [pkg-wpa-devel] Bug#368770: wpasupplicant: takes a long time to associate to WEP protected hidden-SSID network

[Marc Haber]

On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 07:12:27AM +1000, Kel Modderman wrote:
> Marc Haber wrote:
> >one of my networks is still WEP protected and has its SSID hidden. My
> >configuration:
> >
> >iface wlan-some-site inet dhcp
> >        wpa-driver wext
> >        wpa-ssid some-ssid
> >        wpa-key-mgmt NONE
> >        wpa-wep-key0 <deleted>
> >  
> 
>                   wpa-wep-tx-keyidx 0
> 
> >        wpa-ap-scan 1
> >        wpa-scan-ssid 1
> >
> >The wireless LAN interface takes a long time to associate with the
> >network. I frequently need to try ifup eth1=wlan-some-site multiple
> >times before the network eventually comes up. While waiting, iwconfig
> >eth1 shows that no ssid and no wep key has yet been configured into
> >the card, so wpasupplicant seems to be waiting for something before
> >doing so.
> >
> >Manually configuring the ssid and key makes the interface associate
> >immediately.
> >  
> 
> Perhaps wpa_supplicant did not know what key to use.

Adding wpa-wep-tx-keyidx 0 didn't help. Still takes like five minutes
before wpa_supplicant bothers to configure the key into the network
interface.

After doing ifup eth1=-wlan-some-site and the dhcp client timing out,
just waiting will make the interface associate eventually. After
manually restarting dhclient brings the interface up ok. It just takes
way too long (like between two and five minutes).

Greetings
Marc

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