Bug#409076: [pkg-wpa-devel] Bug#409076: New WPA configuration
Kel Modderman
kel at otaku42.de
Sat Apr 7 07:12:37 UTC 2007
Hi Bernhard,
On Friday 06 April 2007 04:39, Bernhard wrote:
> Hello, Kel
>
> I have tested it with my Notebook again.
>
> My new configuration of the network interface is shown in the following
> lines:
> iface eth2 inet dhcp
> wpa-ssid mynetworkessid
> wpa-psk mysecretpassword
> wireless-essid mynetworkessid
>
> With the configuration above, a connection to my access point is
> established.
> Without the wireless-essid, no connection to the access point is
> established.
That implies that wpa_supplicant somehow is not able to associate with the
access point in question by itself, which is strange.
>
> I see, that the severity of this bug report stays at "Normal".
> Because this is not a really issue, you can set this bug report to
> "Minor" or "Wishlist item".
I think the current severity is ok. It could be that you have found a severe
problem that stops wpa_supplicant from operating properly with your hardware,
or it could be a simple mis-configuration.
>
> Questions from my side with this kind of configuration:
> Is the content of /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf ignored?
Yes. As described in /usr/share/doc/wpasupplicant/README.modes.gz section "How
It Works".
> Which driver is used as default, if the parameter wpa-driver is not set?
wext, as per section "1. Specifying the wpa_supplicant driver backend"
of /usr/share/doc/wpasupplicant/README.modes.gz.
>
> If you need more information, let me know.
> Thank you for the support.
I think what needs to happen is manual debugging of wpa_supplicant. You may
start the supplicant by hand with your old config file
(/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf) with '-ddd' as an option, like:
wpa_supplicant -Dwext -ieth2 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf -ddd
Capture the debug output and paste it into a text file. This assumes that the
daemon has not already been started by another method, so ifdown the
interface, make sure no wpa_supplicant processes are running before trying to
debug.
Please also disclose the contents of /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
and describe what hardware is used at client and access point side, what
level of encryption is employed etc etc.
Thanks, Kel.
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