Hello list, I see there was a discussion on this list about three months ago about using an RTL8192CU (usb 0bda:8176) in access point mode. I've just bought one and I've got the same problem: hostapd just prints this in a loop until it gives up: WPA: 00:24:23:0c:9c:2f WPA_PTK entering state PTKSTART wlan0: STA 00:24:23:0c:9c:2f WPA: sending 1/4 msg of 4-Way Handshake WPA: Send EAPOL(version=2 secure=0 mic=0 ack=1 install=0 pairwise=8 kde_len=0 keyidx=0 encr=0) IEEE 802.1X: 00:24:23:0c:9c:2f TX status -version=2 type=3 length=95 - ack=1 wlan0: STA 00:24:23:0c:9c:2f WPA: EAPOL-Key timeout This is with the driver from compat_wireless as of 2011-12-29. It works fine with the driver downloaded from the realtek website (provided that I also use their patched version of hostapd), so it's not a hardware problem. If anyone could point me to the area in the driver where it is supposed to receive the missing message, I would be happy to have a go at debugging it. Regards, John Williams -- 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