Basic Q's re wpa_supplicant

Morgan Read mstuff at pl.net
Mon Aug 30 20:55:28 EDT 2004


Hi Jouni,
Compiled a wpa_supplicant.config (two actually: one to run on its own; 
one to run with xsupplicant, both attached) from a combination of the 
info in the readme and my xsupplicant.conf (attached, original from: 
http://www.ece.auckland.ac.nz/~tcol036/wireless/xsupplicant.conf).
Got into Uni...

But alas...
Here's the debug output from the terminal on running wpa_supplicant, 
first on its own, then config'd with xsupplicant (not much difference).
Any help you're able to offer would be very much appreciated.  Thanks.
Regards,
Morgan.
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root at morgansmachine root]# iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

sit0      no wireless extensions.

wifi0     IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:"uoa"
           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437GHz  Access Point: 00:0D:ED:99:37:C0
           Bit Rate:11Mb/s   Sensitivity=1/3
           Retry min limit:8   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
           Encryption key:0ABC-DEF0-2345-6789-ABCD-EF01-23   Security
mode:open
           Power Management:off
           Link Quality:32/70  Signal level:-60 dBm  Noise level:-92 dBm
           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:10  Rx invalid frag:0
           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

wlan0     IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:"uoa"
           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437GHz  Access Point: 00:0D:ED:99:37:C0
           Bit Rate:11Mb/s   Sensitivity=1/3
           Retry min limit:8   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
           Encryption key:0ABC-DEF0-2345-6789-ABCD-EF01-23   Security
mode:open
           Power Management:off
           Link Quality:32/70  Signal level:-60 dBm  Noise level:-92 dBm
           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:10  Rx invalid frag:0
           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

[root at morgansmachine root]# wpa_supplicant -iwlan0
-c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -dConfiguration file
'/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' -> '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf'
Reading configuration file '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf'
ctrl_interface='/var/run/wpa_supplicant'
ctrl_interface_group=0
eapol_version=1
ap_scan=1
Priority group 0
    id=0 ssid='uoa'
EAPOL: SUPP_PAE entering state DISCONNECTED
EAPOL: KEY_RX entering state NO_KEY_RECEIVE
EAPOL: SUPP_BE entering state INITIALIZE
EAP: EAP entering state DISABLED
EAPOL: External notification - portEnabled=0
EAPOL: External notification - portValid=0
wpa_driver_hostap_set_wpa: enabled=1
ioctl[PRISM2_IOCTL_PRISM2_PARAM]: Operation not supported
Failed to enable WPA in the driver.
wpa_driver_hostap_set_wpa: enabled=0
ioctl[PRISM2_IOCTL_PRISM2_PARAM]: Operation not supported
Failed to disable WPA in the driver.
wpa_driver_hostap_set_drop_unencrypted: enabled=0
wpa_driver_hostap_set_countermeasures: enabled=0
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And, in combination with xsupplicant:
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[root at morgansmachine root]# wpa_supplicant -iwlan0 
-c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -e
ioctl[PRISM2_IOCTL_PRISM2_PARAM]: Operation not supported
Failed to enable WPA in the driver.
ioctl[PRISM2_IOCTL_PRISM2_PARAM]: Operation not supported
Failed to disable WPA in the driver.
[root at morgansmachine root]# xsupplicant -iwlan0 -W
Using default config!
"starting xsupplicant on interface wlan0"

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Jouni Malinen wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 30, 2004 at 11:12:30AM -0400, Morgan Read wrote:
> 
> 
>>Also, README says:
>>Including TLS, PEAP, or TTLS will require linking wpa_supplicant with 
>>openssl library for TLS implementation.
>>
>>I assume I need this?  How is this done?
> 
> 
> Yes. Automatically (assuming you have openssl installed in standard
> location). Did you try just running 'make' in wpa_supplicant directory?
> 

-- 
Morgan Read
<mailto:mstuffATplDOTnet>
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