Bug#369054: [pkg-wpa-devel] Bug#369054: wpasupplicant: Loosing wifi
with "CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys"
message
Kel Modderman
kelrin at tpg.com.au
Sat May 27 22:54:48 UTC 2006
Mohammed Adnène Trojette wrote:
> On Sun, May 28, 2006, Kel Modderman wrote:
>
>> What wifi module and module version are you using?
>>
>
> I am using ipw2200
>
> ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.1.2
> ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
> ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
> ipw2200: Detected geography ZZR (14 802.11bg channels, 0 802.11a channels)
>
>
>> It seems you simply are not authenticating with the ap. Is your psk
>> surrounded with quotes? Is it a hex of plaintext string?
>>
>
> Yes, it is plain text surrounded with quotes.
>
> Like in wpa-psk "XXXXXXXXX"
>
Please use:
wpa-passphrase myplaintextpsk
instead of wpa-psk, which is for hex strings.
Currently there is no way for ifupdown to differentiate hex strings from plaintext, therefore we use a slightly different method for handling them. This is described in README.modes.
Thanks, Kel.
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