(resend please ignore last mail I mixed two things in it) I can't verify it right now (won't have access to the dynamic wep ap for ~10 days), but I tryed to find out whats wrong by reading the code (wpa_supplicant and mac80211). ieee80211_ioctl_siwauth in ieee80211_ioctl.c sets the key_management_enabled variable if the value passed to the ioctl is not 0 to true: sdata->u.sta.key_management_enabled = !!data->value; why !!data->value ? that should be the same as data->value ... later its in the array ieee80211_handler (same file) (iw_handler) ieee80211_ioctl_siwauth, /* SIOCSIWAUTH */ now to wpa_supplicant: wpa_driver_wext_keymgmt2wext in driver_wext.c returns IW_AUTH_KEY_MGMT_802_1 (which is defined as 1) (when dynamic wep is used) wpa_driver_wext_set_auth_param than passes the value using ioctl(drv->ioctl_sock, SIOCSIWAUTH, &iwr) to mac80211. ieee80211_privacy_mismatch checks for if (!ifsta || (ifsta->flags & IEEE80211_STA_MIXED_CELL) || ifsta->key_management_enabled) and returns 0 because ifsta->key_management_enabled true in this case !!1 -> 1 so the problem is that it returns 0 when ifsta->key_management_enabled is enabled (ie. returns 0 for dynamic wep). the attached (untested!) patch (against 2.6.24-rc1) should fix it: (I will build a kernel and test with static wep later today to see if I broke something) also please correct me if I am completly wrong. --- Fix handling of key_management_enabled to make dynamic wep work. Signed-off-by: Adel Gadllah <adel.gadllah@xxxxxxx> --- diff -upNr linux-2.6.23.orign/net/mac80211/ieee80211_ioctl.c linux-2.6.23/net/mac80211/ieee80211_ioctl.c --- linux-2.6.23.orign/net/mac80211/ieee80211_ioctl.c 2007-10-26 11:14:00.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.23/net/mac80211/ieee80211_ioctl.c 2007-10-26 12:23:25.000000000 +0200 @@ -938,7 +938,7 @@ static int ieee80211_ioctl_siwauth(struc * that has privacy enabled regardless of not * having a key. */ - sdata->u.sta.key_management_enabled = !!data->value; + sdata->u.sta.key_management_enabled = data->value; } break; case IW_AUTH_80211_AUTH_ALG: diff -upNr linux-2.6.23.orign/net/mac80211/ieee80211_sta.c linux-2.6.23/net/mac80211/ieee80211_sta.c --- linux-2.6.23.orign/net/mac80211/ieee80211_sta.c 2007-10-26 11:14:00.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.23/net/mac80211/ieee80211_sta.c 2007-10-26 12:23:35.000000000 +0200 @@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ static int ieee80211_privacy_mismatch(st int res = 0; if (!ifsta || (ifsta->flags & IEEE80211_STA_MIXED_CELL) || - ifsta->key_management_enabled) + !ifsta->key_management_enabled) return 0; bss = ieee80211_rx_bss_get(dev, ifsta->bssid, local->hw.conf.channel, - 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