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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>&nbsp;In below logs I could see below two 
lines.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>&nbsp;<STRONG>ioctl[SIOCSIWPMKSA]: Invalid 
argument</STRONG><BR>&nbsp;<STRONG>ioctl[SIOCSIWAP]: Network is 
unreachable</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Here association with the AP is successfull, but 
what I want to know is, whether above two error messages are going to harm in 
any way, say in terms of performance or some other issue like connection 
failure..etc?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>-Raghu</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>logs is as below...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2># ./wpa_supplicant -ieth0 -c./wpa_conf.conf -w 
-ddd<BR>Initializing interface 'eth0' conf './wpa_conf.conf' driver 'default' 
ctrl_interface 'N/A' bridge 'N/A'<BR>Configuration file './wpa_conf.conf' -&gt; 
'/mnt/nfs/./wpa_conf.conf'<BR>Reading configuration file 
'/mnt/nfs/./wpa_conf.conf'<BR>ctrl_interface='/var/wpa_supplicant'<BR>ap_scan=2<BR>Line: 
4 - start of a new network block<BR>ssid - 
hexdump_ascii(len=11):<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 78 6f 63 65 61 6e 5f 64 6e 65 
74&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
xocean_dnet<BR>key_mgmt: 0x4<BR>Priority group 0<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp; id=0 
ssid='xocean_dnet'<BR>Initializing interface (2) 
'eth0'<BR><STRONG>ioctl[SIOCSIWPMKSA]: Invalid 
argument</STRONG><BR>SIOCGIWRANGE: WE(compiled)=22 WE(source)=15 
enc_capa=0x0<BR>&nbsp; capabilities: key_mgmt 0x0 enc 0x3<BR>WEXT: Operstate: 
linkmode=1, operstate=5<BR>Own MAC address: 
00:13:e0:9e:c4:2c<BR>wpa_driver_wext_set_wpa<BR>wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 
key_idx=0 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0<BR>wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 
key_idx=1 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0<BR>wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 
key_idx=2 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0<BR>wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 
key_idx=3 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 
key_len=0<BR>wpa_driver_wext_set_countermeasures<BR>wpa_driver_wext_set_drop_unencrypted<BR>Setting 
scan request: 0 sec 100000 usec<BR>Added interface eth0<BR>RTM_NEWLINK: 
operstate=0 ifi_flags=0x1003 ([UP])<BR>Wireless event: cmd=0x8b06 
len=8<BR>RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=0 ifi_flags=0x1003 ([UP])<BR>Wireless event: 
cmd=0x8c02 len=27<BR>WEXT: Custom wireless event: 
'EVENT=DS_AWAKE'<BR>RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=0 ifi_flags=0x1003 ([UP])<BR>Wireless 
event: cmd=0x8c02 len=27<BR>WEXT: Custom wireless event: 
'EVENT=DS_AWAKE'<BR>RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=0 ifi_flags=0x1003 ([UP])<BR>Wireless 
event: cmd=0x8c02 len=27<BR>WEXT: Custom wireless event: 
'EVENT=DS_AWAKE'<BR>RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=0 ifi_flags=0x1003 ([UP])<BR>Wireless 
event: cmd=0x8c02 len=27<BR>WEXT: Custom wireless event: 
'EVENT=DS_AWAKE'<BR>RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=0 ifi_flags=0x1003 ([UP])<BR>Wireless 
event: cmd=0x8c02 len=27<BR>WEXT: Custom wireless event: 
'EVENT=DS_AWAKE'<BR>State: DISCONNECTED -&gt; SCANNING<BR>Trying to associate 
with SSID 'xocean_dnet'<BR>Cancelling scan request<BR>WPA: clearing own WPA/RSN 
IE<BR>Automatic auth_alg selection: 0x1<BR>WPA: clearing AP WPA IE<BR>WPA: 
clearing AP RSN IE<BR>WPA: clearing own WPA/RSN IE<BR>No keys have been 
configured - skip key clearing<BR>wpa_driver_wext_set_drop_unencrypted<BR>State: 
SCANNING -&gt; ASSOCIATING<BR>wpa_driver_wext_set_operstate: operstate 0-&gt;0 
(DORMANT)<BR>WEXT: Operstate: linkmode=-1, 
operstate=5<BR>wpa_driver_wext_associate<BR><STRONG>ioctl[SIOCSIWAP]: Network is 
unreachable</STRONG><BR>Association request to the driver failed<BR>Setting 
authentication timeout: 5 sec 0 usec<BR>RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=0 
ifi_flags=0x1003 ([UP])<BR>Wireless event: cmd=0x8b06 len=8<BR>RTM_NEWLINK: 
operstate=0 ifi_flags=0x1003 ([UP])<BR>Wireless event: cmd=0x8c02 
len=27<BR>WEXT: Custom wireless event: 'EVENT=DS_AWAKE'<BR>RTM_NEWLINK: 
operstate=0 ifi_flags=0x1003 ([UP])<BR>Wireless event: cmd=0x8c02 
len=27<BR>WEXT: Custom wireless event: 'EVENT=DS_AWAKE'<BR>RTM_NEWLINK: 
operstate=0 ifi_flags=0x1003 ([UP])<BR>Wireless event: cmd=0x8c02 
len=27<BR>WEXT: Custom wireless event: 'EVENT=DS_AWAKE'<BR>RTM_NEWLINK: 
operstate=0 ifi_flags=0x11003 ([UP][LOWER_UP])<BR>Wireless event: cmd=0x8b15 
len=20<BR>Wireless event: new AP: 00:1d:7e:0e:3f:54<BR>State: ASSOCIATING -&gt; 
ASSOCIATED<BR>wpa_driver_wext_set_operstate: operstate 0-&gt;0 
(DORMANT)<BR>WEXT: Operstate: linkmode=-1, operstate=5<BR>Associated to a new 
BSS: BSSID=00:1d:7e:0e:3f:54<BR>Network configuration found for the current 
AP<BR>WPA: clearing AP WPA IE<BR>WPA: clearing AP RSN IE<BR>WPA: clearing own 
WPA/RSN IE<BR>Associated with 00:1d:7e:0e:3f:54<BR>WPA: Association event - 
clear replay counter<BR>Cancelling authentication timeout<BR>State: ASSOCIATED 
-&gt; COMPLETED<BR>CTRL-EVENT-CONNECTED - Connection to 00:1d:7e:0e:3f:54 
completed (auth) [id=0 id_str=]<BR>wpa_driver_wext_set_operstate: operstate 
0-&gt;1 (UP)<BR>WEXT: Operstate: linkmode=-1, operstate=6<BR>Cancelling scan 
request<BR>RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=1 ifi_flags=0x11003 ([UP][LOWER_UP])<BR>WEXT: 
Operstate: linkmode=-1, operstate=6<BR>Wireless event: cmd=0x8b1a 
len=19<BR>RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=1 ifi_flags=0x11003 ([UP][LOWER_UP])<BR>WEXT: 
Operstate: linkmode=-1, operstate=6<BR>RTM_NEWLINK, IFLA_IFNAME: Interface 
'eth0' added<BR>RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=1 ifi_flags=0x11043 
([UP][RUNNING][LOWER_UP])<BR>RTM_NEWLINK, IFLA_IFNAME: Interface 'eth0' 
added<BR></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>