[pkg-wpa-devel] Bug#576486: WPA does not work on Apple airport

[Andrew Buckeridge]

Package: wpasupplicant
Version: 0.6.4-3

I can not get Apple airport to use WPA via /etc/network/interfaces
This may be related to
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wpasupplicant/+bug/37396

Modules hermes, orinoco and airport are from
linux-image-2.6.26-2-powerpc_2.6.26-21
/proc/sys/kernel/osrelease is 2.6.26-2-powerpc

> root at bug:/etc/network# ifup eth2
> ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Operation not supported
> ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODE]: Invalid argument
> ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Operation not supported
> ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODE]: Invalid argument
> ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Operation not supported
> ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODE]: Invalid argument
> ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Operation not supported
> ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODE]: Invalid argument
> Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.1
> Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium.
> All rights reserved.
> For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/
DHCP went on to fail.

The modules are pulled to save power on laptop.
This worked with 128-bit WEP w/o wpasupplicant.
The preshared key is in plaintext.
It is not hex.

> iface eth2 inet dhcp
>      wpa-driver wext
>      wpa-ssid thessid
>      wpa-psk thesecret
>      wpa-key-mgmt WPA-PSK
>      pre-up \
>    insmod /lib/modules/$(</proc/sys/kernel/osrelease)/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/hermes.*o; \
>    insmod /lib/modules/$(</proc/sys/kernel/osrelease)/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco.*o; \
>    insmod /lib/modules/$(</proc/sys/kernel/osrelease)/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/airport.*o
>      post-down rmmod airport orinoco hermes