Disregard - I have actually managed to get this to connect to a open network! # iw reg set GB # iw reg get country GB: DFS-ETSI (2402 - 2482 @ 40), (N/A, 20), (N/A) (5170 - 5250 @ 80), (N/A, 20), (N/A) (5250 - 5330 @ 80), (N/A, 20), (0 ms), DFS (5490 - 5710 @ 160), (N/A, 27), (0 ms), DFS (57000 - 66000 @ 2160), (N/A, 40), (N/A) # iwconfig wlan0 essid "shaunthesheep-guest” # dhclient wlan0 It’s good to have some progress - so it looks like the issue preventing the previous connection was the iw reg not being set properly (or possibly just wpa_supplicant borking the connection in some way. I stopped that this time around. I’ll try wpa1 now and report back. Christopher Williamson On 22 July 2016 at 17:39:50, Christopher Williamson (home@xxxxxxxxxxx(mailto:home@xxxxxxxxxxx)) wrote: > > Ok so I created a guest wifi network without any encryption enabled at all and the client still refuses to connect. > > Again, the connection is made perfectly using the USB dongle I have but not the built in libertas sd8686 chipset. > > I do currently use pfSense as a firewall box behind my wireless router (acting as an AP) and can see that no DHCP request is making it to the pfSense box. I believe you are right in the point about the firmware being the problem here. > > I should also confirm - the firmware in use is the latest from the linux-firmware Ubuntu 16.04 package. I did read around the net about being having various issues with various firmware sources and not others but despite trying firmware linked directly from Marvell I seem to always get one of two issues: > > 1.) I am unable to connect and keep getting asked for passphrases, or: > 2.) The system completely freezes up (with the v8 firmwares I tried) > > I’m not really sure what else to try at this point. > Christopher Williamson > > > > On 22 July 2016 at 17:24:52, Christopher Williamson (home@xxxxxxxxxxx(mailto:home@xxxxxxxxxxx)) wrote: > > > > > Hi Dan, > > > > I will check out the WPA2 vs WPA vs open wireless thing in a few mins. > > > > For now though - the iwlist scan results for both a USB device and the > > libertas device: > > > > USB: http://termbin.com/hdwl > > Libertas: http://termbin.com/jxh7 > > > > Will follow up shortly with WPA and Open network configs. > > > > Christopher Williamson > > > > > > > > On 22 July 2016 at 17:16:29, Dan Williams (dcbw@xxxxxxxxxx(mailto:dcbw@xxxxxxxxxx)) wrote: > > > > > Hi Dan, > > > > > > I will check out the WPA2 vs WPA vs open wireless thing in a few mins. > > > > > > For now though - the iwlist scan results for both a USB device and the > > > libertas device: > > > > > > USB: http://termbin.com/hdwl > > > Libertas: http://termbin.com/jxh7 > > > > > > Will follow up shortly with WPA and Open network configs. > > > > > > *Christopher Williamson* -- 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