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coplaniuk
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 Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 5:59 am Post subject: wpa_supplicant -- connecting, but not transferring [solved] |
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I've been trying to get the ipw3945 drivers working on my laptop. I discovered this thread and got the driver installed. It loads without error, I can even start the interface, eth1. It finds the ESSID and connects. It picks up the right IP address and gateway settings, but I can't get any further than that. I can't ping anything on or off the network. I obviously can't telnet to the server. I can't do anything network related. But it still shows on ifconfig as connected and working without any errors.
I'd like to troubleshoot and see what the problem is. I don't know if it's my config, a limitation of the driver or what-not. I don't really know where to begin (Hell...barely knew what to search for here on the forums).
Here's the pertinent data files:
/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf:
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ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=wheel
ap_scan=1
fast_reauth=1
network {
ssid="beacon"
key_mgmt=NONE
wep_key0=0000000013
wep_tx_keyidx=0
priority=5
}
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/etc/conf.d/net:
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modules=("wpa_supplicant")
wpa_supplicant_eth1="-Dwext"
config_eth1=( "192.168.0.6 netmask 255.255.255.0 brd 192.168.0.255" )
routes_eth1=( "default gw 192.168.0.2" )
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Important versions:
Linux = 2.6.17-gentoo-r4
wpa_supplicant = 0.4.9
ipw3945 = 1.0.5
Any help troubleshooting would be greatly appreciated.
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coplaniuk
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| Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 1:19 pm Post subject: |
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Anyone? Been trying all night...can't figure it out.
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coplaniuk
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| Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2006 2:59 pm Post subject: |
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Still having troubles, and I havn' found anything on the forums here to help me figure out the problem. So I pose another quick question....
Does ipw3945 drivers support WEP and wpa_supplicat?
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| Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2006 4:09 pm Post subject: |
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| coplaniuk wrote: | | Does ipw3945 drivers support WEP and wpa_supplicat? |
Yes - and you have proved that the connection does work as dhcp works.
Can you ping the gateway at all?
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coplaniuk
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| Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2006 4:22 pm Post subject: |
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Hub is 192.168.0.1 -- can't ping that.
Firewal (my other Gentoo box) is 192.168.0.2 -- can't ping that either.
It comes up listed as connected if I run an ifconfig (sorry...can't paste the output...I'm in Windows right now trying to troubleshoot).
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VinzC
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| Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 8:27 am Post subject: |
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As per your dmesg output in the other thread you should enable cryptographic option ARC4 cipher algorithm in your kernel config, not as a module, easier:
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<*> ARC4 cipher algorithm |
On my laptop I have enabled almost all options built-in.
EDIT: Please also put the results of the ping command here if possible. We need the exact error message (if any).
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coplaniuk
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I figured out the problem...sorta. I don't know why it didn't work before...but I emerged the masked development version of the drivers...and it worked perfectly.
It was definately something to do with WEP because I disabled that on my hub to figure it out and I was able to connect with the old drivers. But after I emerged the new drivers, I can connect with WEP again.
Thanks everyone for your help. This was a learning experience.
Now it's off to emerge X
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