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

[Kel Modderman]

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.