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Canguru
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 Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2014 5:14 am Post subject: Wireless RealTek [Solved (kinda)] |
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Hello
I was hoping somebody would be able to help with the following.
I've installed a fresh Gentoo make. Pretty much everything is working as it should except for the WiFi card. The symptom is that if I open a connection with WiFi security switched off then DHCP allocates a 10.0.0.x address perfectly as it should. Alternatively, if I decide to run WPA, WEP, pretty much any form of WiFi security it simply does not work. Instead I receive a 169.254.x.x (or the fact that DHCP doesn't find the gateway so it doesn't allocate anything).
If there is something I'm missing, any help trying to isolate the issue would be greatly received. Thanks.
lspci
| Code: | # lspci -k
02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter (rev 01)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84b6
Kernel driver in use: rtl8192ce
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wpa_cli status - no security
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# wpa_cli status
Selected interface 'wlp2s0'
bssid=a2:21:b7:b2:da:7e
ssid=MYSSID
id=0
mode=station
pairwise_cipher=NONE
group_cipher=NONE
key_mgmt=NONE
wpa_state=COMPLETED
ip_address=10.0.0.10
address=60:a4:4c:44:be:a8
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wpa_cli status - with security
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# wpa_cli status
Selected interface 'wlp2s0'
bssid=3a:28:6b:d6:58:85
ssid=MYSSID
id=0
mode=IBSS
pairwise_cipher=CCMP
group_cipher=TKIP
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
wpa_state=COMPLETED
ip_address=169.254.225.212
address=60:a4:4c:44:be:a8
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wpa_supplicant.conf
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# nano -w /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=0
#update_config=1
#eapol_version=1
ap_scan=1
#fast_reauth=1
#With WPA
network={
ssid="MYSSID"
proto=WPA
scan_ssid=1
psk="MYKEY"
mode=1
pairwise=TKIP CCMP
group=TKIP CCMP
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
priority=5
auth_alg=OPEN
}
#No security
network={
ssid="MYSSID"
key_mgmt=NONE
}
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dataking
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| Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2014 5:22 am Post subject: |
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When you change the security configuration of the client, do you change the security configuration of the AP? You can't connect to an open AP with client security enabled. You have to match the security level of the AP. So if the AP uses WEP (not recommended), the client must use WEP. If the AP uses WPA-PSK, the client must use WPA-PSK.
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Canguru
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| Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2014 5:37 am Post subject: |
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Sure do. Because I've been so consumed with the issue for testing purposes I've setup an EXT point that is 100% open (I'm guessing the neighbors are loving it at the moment). The main gateway is WPA though I've tried everything, I've had the EXT point setup as WEP and it does the same thing.
If i don't match the security client to AP wpa_cli reports either DISCONNECTED / AUTHENITCATING / SCANNING or whatever based on the config I'm using at the time. It gives me a COMPLETED wpa_state when the security settings match. It becomes an issue at DHCP trying to do what it does. |
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augury
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| Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2014 8:52 am Post subject: |
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I don't want push a non-answer answer, but have you tried #'ng out any/christ all of these settings? WIFI was a chore for me. Who are we connecting to?
proto=WPA
scan_ssid=1
psk="MYKEY"
mode=1
pairwise=TKIP CCMP
group=TKIP CCMP
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
auth_alg=OPEN |
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augury
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| Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2014 8:56 am Post subject: |
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OK I have a Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8169 PCI Gigabit Ethernet Controller
with ndiswrapper mod and an interface visible. I'll try this some. |
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augury
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Location: philadelphia
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| Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2014 10:55 am Post subject: |
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This fucking thing. | Code: | wpa_supplicant v2.0
random: Trying to read entropy from /dev/random
Successfully initialized wpa_supplicant
Initializing interface 'wlan0' conf '/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf' driver 'default' ctrl_interface 'N/A' bridge 'N/A'
Configuration file '/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf' -> '/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf'
Reading configuration file '/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf'
ctrl_interface='/var/run/wpa_supplicant'
ctrl_interface_group='0'
ap_scan=1
Line: 12 - start of a new network block
ssid - hexdump_ascii(len=5):
6e 65 74 69 73 netis
proto: 0x2
scan_ssid=1 (0x1)
PSK (ASCII passphrase) - hexdump_ascii(len=17):
68 65 72 61 74 78 72 39 34 37 38 6f 37 71 39 38 heratxr9478o7q98
39 9
pairwise: 0x18
group: 0x18
key_mgmt: 0x2
priority=5 (0x5)
auth_alg: 0x1
PSK (from passphrase) - hexdump(len=32): 2a bc 4e 61 2e 48 a0 c2 df b0 d5 29 50 fc a0 13 4e e6 a7 1c a1 31 df 38 6e e9 c1 b0 64 0b 9a 4d
Priority group 5
id=0 ssid='netis'
ioctl[SIOCSIWPMKSA]: Invalid argument
SIOCGIWRANGE: WE(compiled)=22 WE(source)=19 enc_capa=0xd
capabilities: key_mgmt 0x5 enc 0x1f flags 0x0
netlink: Operstate: linkmode=1, operstate=5
wlan0: Own MAC address: 00:11:09:2a:64:58
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
wlan0: RSN: flushing PMKID list in the driver
ioctl[SIOCSIWPMKSA]: Invalid argument
wlan0: Setting scan request: 0 sec 100000 usec
EAPOL: SUPP_PAE entering state DISCONNECTED
EAPOL: Supplicant port status: Unauthorized
EAPOL: KEY_RX entering state NO_KEY_RECEIVE
EAPOL: SUPP_BE entering state INITIALIZE
EAP: EAP entering state DISABLED
EAPOL: Supplicant port status: Unauthorized
EAPOL: Supplicant port status: Unauthorized
ctrl_interface_group=0
wlan0: Added interface wlan0
wlan0: State: DISCONNECTED -> DISCONNECTED
wpa_driver_wext_set_operstate: operstate 0->0 (DORMANT)
netlink: Operstate: linkmode=-1, operstate=5
Daemonize.. |
That's all the debugging code I'm getting. This fucking thing is a severe headache. There is nothing setting this straight except for some metaphysical reference to IEEE.
ioctl[SIOCSIWPMKSA]: Invalid argument
What? Don't even tell me ioctl[SIOCSIWPMKSA]. |
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Canguru
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| Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2014 1:45 pm Post subject: |
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| augury wrote: | I don't want push a non-answer answer, but have you tried #'ng out any/christ all of these settings? WIFI was a chore for me. Who are we connecting to?
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You had to ask didn't you  It's a pre-configured (by the ISP) Thomson Gateway TG782T which doesn't give me much in the ways of flexibility. But the extender I am using is a Netgear WN2000RPT but it doesn't work with WEP or WPA either.
As for #ing stuff out it usually leads to no connection. As for your wpa_supplicant dump. I'd do the same if it weren't for rfkill imposing blocks. It was at one stage allowing me to run wpa_suppliant from the command line but now only via the /etc/init/net.wlp2s0. |
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Canguru
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| Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 12:11 am Post subject: |
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| Okay issue resolved. Went to the store today picked up a TP-Link adaptor. Did a recompile worked a charm. |
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