Hello,<br><br>I am not 100% sure if it is the correct place to ask for support, but I think it may be, because of other mails I read in the list. Please, can you help me, because I am desperate...<br><span class="postbody">
<br>I have a router encrypted with WPA, I have the key, hexadecimal and 26 characters long, and I have to connect with DHCP.
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The kernel is 2.6.22 and the driver madwifi (the last snapshot). I can see the essids, so in principle the driver is OK.
<br><br>On <a href="http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-wpa/wpasupplicant/trunk/debian/README.modes?op=file&rev=0&sc=0">http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-wpa/wpasupplicant/trunk/debian/README.modes?op=file&rev=0&sc=0
</a> I read "</span>NOTE: the 'wpa-psk' value is only valid if:
1) It is a plaintext (ascii) string between 8 and 63 characters in
length
2) It is a hexadecimal string of 64 characters". <span class="postbody">So, what about my 26 character hexadecimal key?
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OK, I tried writing /etc/network/interfaces like that (I replace my actual essid and key by a random one):
<br><br></span># This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
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# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
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# The loopback network interface
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auto lo
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iface lo inet loopback
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# Wifi
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auto ath0 # in order to be automatically started
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iface ath0 inet dhcp
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wpa-driver madwifi
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wpa-ssid wifiathome # NOT the real one
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wpa-psk D7110AFEB3267098AA034GBA23 # NOT the real one
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and then (hiding some information):
<br><br></span>debian:/home/me# /etc/init.d/networking restart
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Reconfiguring network interfaces...Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.6
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Copyright 2004-2007 Internet Systems Consortium.
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All rights reserved.
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For info, please visit <a href="http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/">http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/</a>
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wifi0: unknown hardware address type 801
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wifi0: unknown hardware address type 801
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Listening on LPF/ath0/**:**:**:**:**:**
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Sending on LPF/ath0/**:**:**:**:**:**
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Sending on Socket/fallback
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DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to <a href="http://255.255.255.255">255.255.255.255</a> port 67 interval 8
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DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to <a href="http://255.255.255.255">255.255.255.255</a> port 67 interval 8
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DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to <a href="http://255.255.255.255">255.255.255.255</a> port 67 interval 10
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DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to <a href="http://255.255.255.255">255.255.255.255</a> port 67 interval 7
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DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to <a href="http://255.255.255.255">255.255.255.255</a> port 67 interval 14
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DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to <a href="http://255.255.255.255">255.255.255.255</a> port 67 interval 12
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DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to <a href="http://255.255.255.255">255.255.255.255</a> port 67 interval 2
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No DHCPOFFERS received.
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No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.
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done.
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The same if I use wext instead of madwifi
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Any help?
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Thank you</span><br><span class="postbody"><br><br>
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