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Nicolas host_wed at oxstone.com
Tue Jun 1 14:17:01 EDT 2004


On Tue, Jun 01, 2004 at 02:02:26PM -0400, Derek Schuff wrote:
> I'm not very knowledgable (yet) but here's a couple of observations.
> 
> First, WPA-PSK shouldn't be using EAP to begin with. Not sure why it's 
> attempting to use EAP. Also, you might try enabling RSN protocol (my 
> understanding is that the later 802.11i, that uses CCMP/AES encryption uses 
> RSN for authentication).
> 
> Derek
> On Tuesday 01 June 2004 01:54 pm, Nicolas wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I try to set up WPA between my Linksys WRT54G wireless router and my
> > laptop.  Here are my settings:
> >
> > Laptop: Debian SID, kernel 2.4.24, hostap module, senao wireless card
> > wpa_supplicant: version 0.2.1
> >
> > On the Linksys router:
> > Security mode: WPA pre-share key
> > WPA algorithms: AES
> > WPA Shared key:
> > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Group key
> > renewal: 3600 seconds
> >
> > Here's my wpa_supplicant.conf file:
> > network={
> >         ssid="my_ssid"
> > 	proto=WPA
> > 	key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
> > 	pairwise=CCMP
> > 	group=CCMP
> >        
> > psk=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx }
> >
> > I run wpa_supplicant this way:
> > wpa_spplicant -iwlan0 -d -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
> >
> > Here's the output:
> > Failed to initialize EAPOL state machines.
> >
> > What could be wrong? The connection works fine without WPA.
> >
> > Thanks for the help.

I modified my wpa_supplicant.conf:

network={
        ssid="my_ssid"
 	proto=WPA RSN
 	key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
 	pairwise=CCMP
 	group=CCMP
	psk=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
}

I alsa tried: proto=RSN WPA and proto=RSN
That did not work.

I really don't understand that message...
Failed to initialize EAPOL state machines.
That's all the information I have. If I use the -dd argument, there's
nothing more interesting (it give the HEXA values of my PSK and so
on...)



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