Ndiswrapper +wpa_supplicant

Andrew Duane andrew at duaneville.com
Sun Nov 21 10:07:29 EST 2004


I changed my Linksys router/ap (WRT54G) to B only then ran wpa_supplicant
again but no luck. Same as before. I've put it back to mixed now. Still get
protocol b from a scan though?

-----Original Message-----
From: Stefan [mailto:gentoopower at yahoo.de] 
Sent: 21 November 2004 14:39
To: andrew at duaneville.com
Cc: hostap at shmoo.com
Subject: Re: Ndiswrapper +wpa_supplicant

Andrew Duane wrote:

>Oh just reread and missed some information.
>
>My ndis driver is bcmwl5 and the wireless card is the linksys wmp54g,
>although ndis works okay when I turn off wpa encryption.
>
>Also here is what is returned from iwlist wlan0 scan:
>
>wlan0     Scan completed :
>          Cell 01 - Address: 00:0C:41:9D:F4:4A
>                    ESSID:"Foundation"
>                    Protocol:IEEE 802.11b
>                    Mode:Managed
>                    Frequency:2.452GHz
>                    Quality:0/100  Signal level:-54 dBm  Noise level:-256
>dBm
>                    Encryption key:on
>                    Bit Rate:1Mb/s
>                    Bit Rate:2Mb/s
>                    Bit Rate:5.5Mb/s
>                    Bit Rate:11Mb/s
>                    Bit Rate:18Mb/s
>                    Bit Rate:24Mb/s
>                    Bit Rate:36Mb/s
>                    Bit Rate:54Mb/s
>                    Bit Rate:6Mb/s
>                    Bit Rate:9Mb/s
>                    Bit Rate:12Mb/s
>                    Bit Rate:48Mb/s
>                    Extra:bcn_int=100
>                    Extra:atim=0
> 
>Extra:wpa_ie=dd160050f20101000050f20201000050f20201000050f202
>
>A bit odd it says that the protocol is 802.11b as I have it set to only
>accept 802.11g???
>  
>

Yes somehow either ndiswrapper or wpa_supplicant have trouble with 
802.11g APs tested a few of them usually they work if one sets them to 
802.11b, if possible.

>-----Original Message-----
>From: hostap-bounces+andrew=duaneville.com at shmoo.com
>[mailto:hostap-bounces+andrew=duaneville.com at shmoo.com] On Behalf Of Andrew
>Duane
>Sent: 21 November 2004 13:06
>To: 'Jouni Malinen'
>Cc: hostap at shmoo.com
>Subject: RE: Ndiswrapper +wpa_supplicant
>
>Thanks for your reply.
>
>I'm running version 0.11 of ndiswrapper and 0.2.5 of wpa_supplicant.
>
>I tried the ndis 0.12rc3 cvs but it errors when I compile.
>
>Once I get:
>
>Failed to initiate AP scan.
>
>It just hangs there. There are no subsequent messages
>
>"I saw similar issues with a scan for
>specific SSID (scan_ssid=1), but broadcast SSID scan worked fine."
>
>What value needs to be in my conf file to broadcast? I just followed the
>instructions.
>
>I've removed CONFIG_EAP_PSK=y from .config and recompiled okay. Config now
>looks like this:
>
>CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXTENSION=y
>CONFIG_DRIVER_NDISWRAPPER=y
>
>Thanks for your help
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: hostap-bounces+andrew=duaneville.com at shmoo.com
>[mailto:hostap-bounces+andrew=duaneville.com at shmoo.com] On Behalf Of Jouni
>Malinen
>Sent: 21 November 2004 05:16
>To: hostap at shmoo.com
>Subject: Re: Ndiswrapper +wpa_supplicant
>
>On Sat, Nov 20, 2004 at 01:39:50PM -0000, Andrew Duane wrote:
>
>  
>
>>I wonder if someone would be so kind as to help me?
>>    
>>
>
>If you will provide some more information..
>
>Which version of ndiswrapper are you using? With which NDIS driver and
>which wlan card?
>
>  
>
>>I seem to have some trouble with running wpa_supplicant. Here is a dump of
>>the error:
>>    
>>
>
>  
>
>>[root at server1 wpa_supplicant-0.2.5]# wpa_supplicant -iwlan0
>>-c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -dd
>>    
>>
>
>  
>
>>Starting AP scan (specific SSID)
>>Scan SSID - hexdump_ascii(len=10):
>>     46 6f 75 6e 64 61 74 69 6f 6e                     Linksys
>>Failed to initiate AP scan.
>>    
>>
>
>And what happened after this? I saw similar issues with a scan for
>specific SSID (scan_ssid=1), but broadcast SSID scan worked fine. Please
>also verify whether you can see the correct AP in 'iwlist wlan0 scan'
>output and whether this includes wpa_ie information.
>
>  
>
>>And my .config before I did a make was:
>>
>>CONFIG_EAP_PSK=y
>>    
>>
>
>You do not need EAP-PSK for WPA-PSK; it is an experimental EAP method
>that is not likely to be deployed anywhere yet.
>
>  
>







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