WPA2 connection issue on embedded ARM system

Dirk Behme dirk.behme at googlemail.com
Mon Nov 16 15:28:17 EST 2009


Michael Hirsch wrote:
> Hello Dirk,
> 
> I'm not sure but maybe it helps to know that I have a running system 
> here, with an ARM based 2.6.32-rc7 system. We had various trouble with 
> the libertas driver but with firmware version 9.70.3p36 most things seem 
> to be fine, also with 2.6.31.
> 
> Also wpa_supplicant Version 0.6.9 works ok, so the components should 
> work in principle.

Hmm, I have

# wpa_supplicant -v
wpa_supplicant v0.6.9

and

fw 9.70.3p24

Where to get 9.70.3p36 from? And would p24 vs. p36 make a difference 
regarding my issue below?

Thanks

Dirk

> Dirk Behme wrote:
>> On an embedded ARM system (Gumstix Overo based on TI OMAP3) I have 
>> issues to connect to a WPA2 wifi. Kernel is 2.6.31, driver is 
>> "libertas: Marvell WLAN 802.11 adapter" with Marvell's 88W8686. 
>> Running wpa_supplicant I get:
>>
>> -- cut --
>> # wpa_supplicant -Dwext -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -B -d
>> Initializing interface 'wlan0' conf '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' driver 
>> 'wext' ctrl_interface 'N/A' bridge 'N/A'
>> 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
>> Priority group 10
>>     id=0 ssid='WLAN-001F3F12FA7D'
>> Initializing interface (2) 'wlan0'
>> SIOCGIWRANGE: WE(compiled)=22 WE(source)=15 enc_capa=0xf
>>    capabilities: key_mgmt 0xf enc 0xf flags 0x0
>> WEXT: Operstate: linkmode=1, operstate=5
>> Own MAC address: 00:19:88:20:fa:20
>> wpa_driver_wext_set_wpa
>> wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 key_idx=0 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
>> wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 key_idx=1 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
>> wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 key_idx=2 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
>> wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 key_idx=3 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
>> wpa_driver_wext_set_countermeasures
>> wpa_driver_wext_set_drop_unencrypted
>> RSN: flushing PMKID list in the driver
>> Setting scan request: 0 sec 100000 usec
>> 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
>> ctrl_interface_group=0
>> Added interface wlan0
>> Daemonize..
>> -- cut --
>>
>> Does anybody see any obvious issues here? Running udhcpc on this fails 
>> then. It seems to me that no 'connection' is established?
>>
>> See below for more details.
>>
>> Many thanks and best regards
>>
>> Dirk
>>
>> Log details:
>>
>> ....
>> lib80211: common routines for IEEE802.11 drivers
>> libertas_sdio: Libertas SDIO driver
>> libertas_sdio: Copyright Pierre Ossman
>> libertas_sdio mmc1:0001:1: firmware: requesting sd8686_helper.bin
>> libertas_sdio mmc1:0001:1: firmware: requesting sd8686.bin
>> libertas: 00:19:88:20:fa:20, fw 9.70.3p24, cap 0x00000303
>> libertas: eth1: Marvell WLAN 802.11 adapter
>> udev: renamed network interface eth1 to wlan0
>> ....
>>
>> # iwlist wlan0 scan
>> wlan0     Scan completed :
>>            Cell 01 - Address: 00:1F:3F:12:FA:7D
>>                      ESSID:"WLAN-001F3F12FA7D"
>>                      Mode:Managed
>>                      Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
>>                      Quality=97/100  Signal level=-51 dBm  Noise 
>> level=-96 dBm
>>                      Encryption key:on
>>                      Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
>>                                9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
>>                                48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
>>                      IE: WPA Version 1
>>                          Group Cipher : TKIP
>>                          Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
>>                          Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
>>                      IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
>>                          Group Cipher : TKIP
>>                          Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP
>>                          Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
>>
>> # cat /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
>> ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
>> ctrl_interface_group=0
>> eapol_version=1
>> ap_scan=1
>> fast_reauth=1
>>
>> network={
>>        ssid="WLAN-001F3F12FA7D"
>>        proto=WPA2
>>        key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
>>        pairwise=CCMP
>>        group=TKIP
>>        scan_ssid=0
>>        psk=47.........................................8c23
>>        priority=10
>> }
>>
>> # wpa_supplicant -Dwext -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -B -d
>> Initializing interface 'wlan0' conf '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' driver 
>> 'wext' ctrl_interface 'N/A' bridge 'N/A'
>> 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
>> Priority group 10
>>     id=0 ssid='WLAN-001F3F12FA7D'
>> Initializing interface (2) 'wlan0'
>> SIOCGIWRANGE: WE(compiled)=22 WE(source)=15 enc_capa=0xf
>>    capabilities: key_mgmt 0xf enc 0xf flags 0x0
>> WEXT: Operstate: linkmode=1, operstate=5
>> Own MAC address: 00:19:88:20:fa:20
>> wpa_driver_wext_set_wpa
>> wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 key_idx=0 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
>> wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 key_idx=1 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
>> wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 key_idx=2 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
>> wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 key_idx=3 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
>> wpa_driver_wext_set_countermeasures
>> wpa_driver_wext_set_drop_unencrypted
>> RSN: flushing PMKID list in the driver
>> Setting scan request: 0 sec 100000 usec
>> 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
>> ctrl_interface_group=0
>> Added interface wlan0
>> Daemonize..
>>
>> # iwconfig wlan0
>> wlan0     IEEE 802.11b/g  ESSID:""
>>            Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.462 GHz  Access Point: 
>> Not-Associated
>>            Bit Rate:0 kb/s   Tx-Power=13 dBm
>>            Retry short limit:8   RTS thr=2347 B   Fragment thr=2346 B
>>            Encryption key:<too big>   Security mode:open
>>            Power Management:off
>>            Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
>>            Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>>            Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
>>
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