wpa_supplicant, ipw2200, association timeouts and other allegations

Thu Apr 28 22:21:49 EDT 2005

Hi! This is my first post to the list. It was suggested I try my luck 
here by some kind folks at #ipw2200 and #wireless on freenode.

My problems involve wpa_supplicant and my inability to get it to 
associate with my access point. The hardware involved is an Intel 
Pro/Wireless 2200BG (on a dell inspiron 700m) and a D-Link 2100AP 
(currently running with WPA-PSK using CCMP/AES encryption). The setup 
works fine under *cough* that other OS. I would like to be completely 
free of it though.

The laptop is currently running FC3 and today I compiled and installed 
2.6.11.7 with the appropriate modules and options successfully. I'm also 
using wpa_supplicant 0.4.0 and the latest (1.0.3 at the time of posting) 
ipw2200 drivers. The wireless card will associate correctly with any 
open networks, so at least that much is functioning.

"iwlist eth1 scanning" outputs:

#start
Scan completed :
      Cell 01 - Address: 00:11:95:BF:A6:4F
                ESSID:"ShiftFocus"
                Protocol:IEEE 802.11bg
                Mode:Master
                Channel:3
                Encryption key:on
                Bit Rate:54 Mb/s
                Extra: Rates (Mb/s): 1 2 5.5 9 11 6 12 18 24 36 48 54
                Quality=93/100  Signal level=-34 dBm
            Extra:wpa_ie=dd160050f20101000050f20401000050f20401000050f202
                Extra: Last beacon: 22ms ago
#end

My wpa_supplicant.conf reads:

#start
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=0
eapol_version=1
ap_scan=1
fast_reauth=1

network={
	ssid="ShiftFocus"
	scan_ssid=1
	key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
	psk="secret-or-so-i-hope"
}
#end

According to most of the folks who've had some experience with this 
stuff, everything seems in order. But below is the output from 
wpa_supplicant, and I don't know what's going on. Hopefully someone can 
tell me what I did wrong. If not, no worries, thank you so much for your 
time. The lines that have me stumped and which remain suspect are the 
following:

1. wpa_driver_ipw_init is called
ioctl[SIOCSIWPMKSA]: Operation not supported

2. Trying to associate with 00:11:95:bf:a6:4f (SSID='ShiftFocus' freq=0 MHz)

3. Authentication with 00:00:00:00:00:00 timed out.
Added BSSID 00:00:00:00:00:00 into blacklist

#Begin complete wpa_supplicant output

Initializing interface 'eth1' conf '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' driver 'ipw'
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
fast_reauth=1
Line: 11 - start of a new network block
ssid - hexdump_ascii(len=10):
      53 68 69 66 74 46 6f 63 75 73                     ShiftFocus
scan_ssid=1 (0x1)
key_mgmt: 0x2
PSK (ASCII passphrase) - hexdump_ascii(len=26): [REMOVED]
PSK (from passphrase) - hexdump(len=32): [REMOVED]
Priority group 0
    id=0 ssid='ShiftFocus'
Initializing interface (2) 'eth1'
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_ipw_init is called
ioctl[SIOCSIWPMKSA]: Operation not supported
Own MAC address: 00:0e:35:74:f6:6f
wpa_driver_ipw_set_wpa: enabled=1
wpa_driver_ipw_set_key: alg=none key_idx=0 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
wpa_driver_ipw_set_key: alg=none key_idx=1 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
wpa_driver_ipw_set_key: alg=none key_idx=2 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
wpa_driver_ipw_set_key: alg=none key_idx=3 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
wpa_driver_ipw_set_countermeasures: enabled=0
wpa_driver_ipw_set_drop_unencrypted: enabled=1
Setting scan request: 0 sec 100000 usec
Wireless event: cmd=0x8b06 len=8
RTM_NEWLINK, IFLA_IFNAME: Interface 'eth1' added
RTM_NEWLINK, IFLA_IFNAME: Interface 'eth1' added
State: DISCONNECTED -> SCANNING
Starting AP scan (specific SSID)
Scan SSID - hexdump_ascii(len=10):
      53 68 69 66 74 46 6f 63 75 73                     ShiftFocus
Scan timeout - try to get results
Received 274 bytes of scan results (1 BSSes)
Scan results: 1
Selecting BSS from priority group 0
0: 00:11:95:bf:a6:4f ssid='ShiftFocus' wpa_ie_len=24 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x11
    selected
Trying to associate with 00:11:95:bf:a6:4f (SSID='ShiftFocus' freq=0 MHz)
Cancelling scan request
Automatic auth_alg selection: 0x1
wpa_driver_ipw_set_auth_alg: auth_alg=0x1
WPA: using IEEE 802.11i/D3.0
WPA: Selected cipher suites: group 16 pairwise 16 key_mgmt 2
WPA: using GTK CCMP
WPA: using PTK CCMP
WPA: using KEY_MGMT WPA-PSK
WPA: Own WPA IE - hexdump(len=24): dd 16 00 50 f2 01 01 00 00 50 f2 04 
01 00 00 50 f2 04 01 00 00 50 f2 02
No keys have been configured - skip key clearing
wpa_driver_ipw_set_drop_unencrypted: enabled=1
State: SCANNING -> ASSOCIATING
Setting authentication timeout: 5 sec 0 usec
EAPOL: External notification - EAP success=0
EAPOL: External notification - EAP fail=0
EAPOL: External notification - portControl=Auto
Wireless event: cmd=0x8b1a len=23
Authentication with 00:00:00:00:00:00 timed out.
Added BSSID 00:00:00:00:00:00 into blacklist
State: ASSOCIATING -> DISCONNECTED
No keys have been configured - skip key clearing
EAPOL: External notification - portEnabled=0
EAPOL: External notification - portValid=0
Setting scan request: 0 sec 0 usec
State: DISCONNECTED -> SCANNING
#end output

Thanks so much!
Petros K.