problem with madwifi drivers

Shawn Adams shawn_adams at web.de
Thu Nov 25 11:58:17 EST 2004




Same issue on my machine.

Kernel is 2.4.20, SuSE distr. otherwise, madwifi works fine.

wpa_supplicant is 0.2.5


pepe perez wrote:
> Hi YenJung!
> I think I already tried it, anyway I have just tried again and not so 
> much difference:
> 
> dhcppc0:~ # wpa_supplicant -iath0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -d
> Configuration 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 1
>   id=0 ssid='OSCARLAN'
> Using existing control interface directory.
> 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_madwifi_set_wpa: enabled=1
> ioctl[IEEE80211_IOCTL_SETPARAM]: Operation not supported
> ioctl[IEEE80211_IOCTL_SETPARAM]: Operation not supported
> ioctl[IEEE80211_IOCTL_SETPARAM]: Operation not supported
> Failed to enable WPA in the driver.
> wpa_driver_madwifi_set_wpa: enabled=0
> ioctl[IEEE80211_IOCTL_SETOPTIE]: Operation not supported
> ioctl[IEEE80211_IOCTL_SETPARAM]: Operation not supported
> ioctl[IEEE80211_IOCTL_SETPARAM]: Operation not supported
> ioctl[IEEE80211_IOCTL_SETPARAM]: Operation not supported
> Failed to disable WPA in the driver.
> wpa_driver_madwifi_set_drop_unencrypted: enabled=0
> ioctl[IEEE80211_IOCTL_SETPARAM]: Operation not supported
> wpa_driver_madwifi_set_countermeasures: enabled=0
> ioctl[IEEE80211_IOCTL_SETPARAM]: Operation not supported
> Control interface directory not empty - leaving it behind
> 
> It looks like something else is going on, meybe in configuration or 
> compilation....
> 
> Thanks a lot for your help!!!
> Oscar
> 
>> From: YenJung Chang <yenjung at gmail.com>
>> Reply-To: YenJung Chang <yenjung at gmail.com>
>> To: pepe perez <reeopp at hotmail.com>
>> CC: hostap at shmoo.com
>> Subject: Re: problem with madwifi drivers
>> Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 21:20:22 +0800
>>
>> AFAIK, the interface name of madwifi is "ath0", hence, the interface
>> in your command should be -iath0, not -iwlan0.
>>
>> yj.
>>
>>
>>
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