On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 5:23 PM, Dave Kilroy <kilroyd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 12:10 AM, Giacomo Comes <comes@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Thu, Dec 02, 2010 at 05:46:54PM +0000, Dave Kilroy wrote:
>>> On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 12:22 AM, Giacomo Comes <comes@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> > On Wed, Dec 01, 2010 at 09:52:15PM +0000, Dave Kilroy wrote:
>>> >> On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 2:19 AM, Giacomo Comes <comes@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> >> wpa_supplicant log indicates it is continuously timing out the scans.
>>> >> I don't know what is going on there.
>>> >>
>>> >> What you can try is to turn off wpa_supplicant roaming, and force
>>> >> wpa_supplicant to connect to the AP with highest priority in your
>>> >> config. Set ap_scan=2 in wpa_supplicant.conf, and set
>>> >>
>>> >> group=TKIP
>>> >> pairwise=TKIP
>>> >>
>>> >> in the network block.
>>> >>
>>> >> This also prevents wpa_supplicant trying to connect to an AP using
>>> >> BSSID, which the agere cards don't support.
>>> >
>>> > Running:
>>> > wpa_supplicant -ieth1 -c wpa_supplicant.conf -f wpa_supplicant.log -dd
>>> >
>>> > wpa_supplicant.conf content:
>>> > ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
>>> > ctrl_interface_group=0
>>> > ap_scan=2
>>> >
>>> > network={
>>> > ssid="Comes"
>>> > psk="<password>"
>>> > key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
>>> > priority=5
>>> > proto=WPA
>>> >
>>> > group=TKIP
>>> > pairwise=TKIP
>>> > }
>>>
>>> OK, looks like you're using a newer wpa_supplicant that tries to use
>>> IW_AUTH_MFP which orinoco doesn't know about. I can modify the driver
>>> to silently pass these calls through, but it would be nice if
>>> wpa_supplicant didn't fail because a driver didn't support a
>>> particular option.
>>>
>>> I'll put together a patch to accept an IW_AUTH_MFP call set to NONE or
>>> DISABLED, and fail on REQUIRED. In the meantime you could try use an
>>> older wpa_supplicant. I think I was using 0.7.2 before, but I can't be
>>> sure.
>>
>> wpa_supplicant version is 0.7.3. It's the one included in suse 11.3.
>>
>> About your patch, things are getting better.
>>
>> I have applied the patch and run wpa_supplicant with the configuration
>> showed above. It works, the card associates with the AP.
>> The succesful log is attached.
>> After I removed from wpa_supplicant.conf the two lines:
>> group=TKIP
>> pairwise=TKIP
>> the association still works.
>>
>> But after removing the line: ap_scan=2
>> the association fails.
>> The log is in the second attachment.
>>
>> Also I have included in the 3rd attachement wpa_supplicant.log when
>> NetworkManager is used.
> The failure and NM case are the same. There is still a problem with
> scanning. wpa_supplicant initiates a scan, and it appears to time out.
> Without scan results wpa_supplicant is not able to select an
> appropriate AP.
>
> Is the driver reporting any scanning issues in dmesg while
> wpa_supplicant is running?
Apologies, hit the wrong button again. Including linux-wireless
> Dave.
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