On 10/10/07, John W. Linville <linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 11:45:12AM +0200, dragoran wrote: > > Hello, > > I am unable to connect to a dynamic wep network with hidden ssid using > > iwl3945 and the lastest fedora 7 kernel (which should have very recent > > stuff). The problem is that the card never finds the ap. Running > > wpa_supplicant directly shows "Got scan results xxx bytes" (can't > > remeber the exact message). > > While with ipw3945d + ieee80211 it works fine. (NetworkManager does not > > connect either see http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=464215 ). > > I haven't tryed the suggestion there yet because I am not near the > > network right now. > > Any idea whats wrong? Does it work for anybody (maybe with other > > mac80211 drivers) > > Currently I am not sure whom to blame iwl3945 or mac80211 or both. > > Fedora 7 kernels are a little behind (1-2 weeks behind wireless-2.6) > ATM, so it might be best to handle this at bugzilla.kernel.org. Ok, will file a bug after collecting more data (wpa_supplicant output). > F7 _does_ have the kernel patch to probe for hidden SSIDs when > associating. What I've found with that patch is that manually > invoking the wireless tools yields satisfactory results, but that NM > (which afaik relies on wpa_supplicant) still tends to have problems. I know I also followed the thread on the nm list but it seems that I cannot even get a connection with wpa_supplicant started by hand. > My hunch is that wpa_supplicant (at least how NM configures it) > is doing something "too smart", but I really don't know. > > Do you have control over the AP? If so, can you temporarily try > using static WEP or an open configuration so that you can test using > iwconfig? no if I had I could do some more testing. but the only thing I can nod with this ap is to test if it works or not. the wpa_supplicant.conf I tryed: ----------- # this driver requires ap_scan=2 mode when using hidden SSIDs # request driver to take care of AP selection and roaming ap_scan=2 # enable control interface using UNIX domain sockets ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant # you can include one or more network blocks here network={ ssid="NETWORKNAME" key_mgmt=IEEE8021X eap=TTLS phase2="auth=MSCHAPV2" identity="username" password="password" } ---------------------------------- the exact same config works with the old stack.... should I try to change the ap_scan value to 1 ? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
