Bug#368770: [pkg-wpa-devel] Bug#368770: wpasupplicant: takes a
long time to associate to WEP protected hidden-SSID network
Kel Modderman
kelrin at tpg.com.au
Sat May 27 22:44:06 UTC 2006
Marc Haber wrote:
> On Sat, May 27, 2006 at 06:12:22PM +1000, Kel Modderman wrote:
>
>> Marc Haber wrote:
>>
>>> 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).
>>>
>> Can I have some more data? wpasupplicant version and wifi module and
>> version?
>>
>
> Sure.
>
> wpasupplicant 0.4.8-4, kernel 2.6.17-rc5
> ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, git-1.1.1
> ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
>
> 0000:02:04.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG (rev 05)
> Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company: Unknown device 12f6
> Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
> Memory at 90100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
> Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
>
> Anything more?
>
>
Just out of curiosity, are you experiencing a lot of firmware restarts
with that ipw2200 module version?
Kel.
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