<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div>I have a linux system that is often (but not always) unable to connect to my secured WPA (personal) network. Does the following log file give a clue as to what would be the problem in the negotiation?</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">Log file:</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><pre style="word-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Information about this interface:
Interface: wlan0 Driver: rt73usb Bus: usb MacAddress: 00:1F:1F:42:A1:29
Description: Ralink RT73 USB Wireless LAN driver.
STEP1a: ifconfig wlan0 up
STEP1b: iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 74:9D:DC:15:99:59
Channel:9
Frequency:2.452 GHz (Channel 9)
Quality=46/70 Signal level=-64 dBm
Encryption key:on
ESSID:"2135"
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
11 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
Bit Rates:24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=00000110f6bcd235
Extra: Last beacon: 224ms ago
IE: Unknown: 000432313335
IE: Unknown: 010882848B0C12961824
IE: Unknown: 030109
IE: Unknown: 0706555320010B1B
IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: Unknown: 2A0100
IE: Unknown: 32043048606C
STEP1c: ifconfig wlan0 down
STEP2: iwconfig wlan0 mode managed
STEP3: iwconfig wlan0 channel 9
STEP4: iwconfig wlan0 essid "2135"
STEP5a: ifconfig wlan0 up
STEP5b: wpa_supplicant -B -Dwext -iwlan0 -c"/etc/simple_network_setup/wpa_supplicant.conf-2135-00:1F:1F:42:A1:29"
STEP6a: dhcpcd wlan0
Error, wlan0: timed out
Warning, wlan0: using IPV4LL address 169.254.6.74
STEP6b: dhcpcd -I '' wlan0
Error, wlan0: timed out
Warning, wlan0: using IPV4LL address 169.254.6.74
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LAST 10 LINES of /var/log/messages:
Dec 6 22:38:04 puppypc local0.info dhcpcd[14890]: wlan0: received NAK: (null)
Dec 6 22:38:08 puppypc local0.info dhcpcd[14890]: wlan0: offered 192.168.1.94 from 192.168.1.254
Dec 6 22:38:08 puppypc local0.info dhcpcd[14890]: wlan0: received NAK: (null)
Dec 6 22:38:09 puppypc local0.info dhcpcd[14890]: wlan0: offered 192.168.1.95 from 192.168.1.254
Dec 8 03:38:12 puppypc user.debug kernel: wlan0: deauthenticating from 74:9d:dc:15:99:59 by local choice (reason=3)
Dec 6 22:38:12 puppypc local0.err dhcpcd[14890]: wlan0: read: Network is down
Dec 6 22:38:12 puppypc local0.info dhcpcd[15203]: wlan0: sending signal 1 to pid 14890
Dec 6 22:38:12 puppypc local0.err dhcpcd[14890]: wlan0: sendto: Network is down
Dec 6 22:38:12 puppypc local0.info dhcpcd[14890]: wlan0: removing IP address 169.254.6.74/16
Dec 6 22:38:12 puppypc local0.info dhcpcd[14890]: wlan0: exiting</pre></div></div></body></html>