[pkg-wpa-devel] Bug#490063: Bug#490063: wpasupplicant: Doesn't work with WPA-NONE (ad-hoc)

[Kel Modderman]

On Thursday 10 July 2008 03:00:24 =?UTF-8?B?VmVkcmFuIEZ1cmHEjQ==?= wrote:
> Kel Modderman wrote:
> 
> > On Thursday 10 July 2008 01:11:41 Vedran =?UTF-8?Q?Fura=C4=8D?= wrote:
> >> Package: wpasupplicant
> >> Version: 0.6.3-2
> >> Severity: important
> > 
> > Why is every problem with wpasupplicant Severity: important ... ;-)
> 
> Yesterday I tried to setup WEP encryption but failed (reported #489948)
> and today tried WPA and also failed (reported this). So I assumed that
> wpa_supplicant is completely broken for ad-hoc mode and I find this
> important. If you disagree then please change the severity.
> Btw. I usualy report this kind of bugs directly to the upstream but their
> bugzilla requires me to get an account and I don't want to register.

I understand, was just making a cheeky remark based on the severity of last
dozen or so bug reports.

> 
> >> I tried to setup WPA in Ad-Hoc mode but failed. On the other hand in windows
> >> this works fine which means that other peer is configured properly.
> > 
> > http://lists.shmoo.com/pipermail/hostap/2008-July/018036.html
> 
> Yes, I think I saw that. There's a 2.6.26-rc9 package on kernel
> buildserver so I only need "recent git pull of the supplicant".

You can try something from:
http://sidux.net/kelmo/debian/pool/main/w/wpasupplicant/

Or wait for next upload I guess.

Thanks, Kel.