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PostPosted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 7:40 pm    Post subject: wpa_supplicant problems using iwlwifi Reply with quote

I'm having problems getting wifi running on a new machine.


Code:
# lspci -s 03:00.0 -k
03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6205 [Taylor Peak] (rev 34)
        Subsystem: Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6205 AGN
        Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi


Code:
# dmesg |grep wl
[    1.421341] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: irq 43 for MSI/MSI-X
[    2.644112] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: loaded firmware version 18.168.6.1 op_mode iwldvm
[    2.644125] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUG disabled
[    2.644128] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUGFS disabled
[    2.644130] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEVICE_TRACING disabled
[    2.644132] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEVICE_TESTMODE disabled
[    2.644134] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_P2P enabled
[    2.644137] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Detected Intel(R) Centrino(R) Advanced-N 6205 AGN, REV=0xB0
[    2.644253] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: L1 Enabled; Disabling L0S
[    2.663091] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'iwl-agn-rs'
[    2.680021] systemd-udevd[1289]: renamed network interface wlan0 to wlp3s0


Code:
# /etc/init.d/net.wlp3s0 restart
 * Bringing down interface wlp3s0
 *   Removing addresses
 *     Stopping wpa_cli on wlp3s0 ...                                                                                         [ ok ]
 *     Stopping wpa_supplicant on wlp3s0 ...                                                                                  [ ok ]
 * Bringing up interface wlp3s0
 *   Starting wpa_supplicant on wlp3s0 ...
Successfully initialized wpa_supplicant
ioctl[SIOCSIWPMKSA]: Invalid argument
ioctl[SIOCSIWMODE]: Invalid argument
ioctl[SIOCGIWRANGE]: Invalid argument
ioctl[SIOCGIWMODE]: Invalid argument
ioctl[SIOCSIWAP]: Invalid argument
ioctl[SIOCSIWESSID]: Invalid argument
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Invalid argument
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Invalid argument
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Invalid argument
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Invalid argument
ioctl[SIOCSIWPMKSA]: Invalid argument                                                                                         [ ok ]
 *   Starting wpa_cli on wlp3s0 ...                                                                                           [ ok ]
 *   Backgrounding ... ...
 * WARNING: net.wlp3s0 has started, but is inactive


Code:
# ifconfig wlp3s0
wlp3s0: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        ether a4:4e:31:13:db:08  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0



Also when I try to run a scan I get:

Code:
# wpa_cli

<4>Failed to initiate AP scan


/etc/conf.d/net contains:

Code:
modules_wlan0="wpa_supplicant"
config_wlan0="dhcp"
wpa_cli_wlan0="-G3600"
wpa_supplicant_wlan0="-D nl80211"
#wpa_supplicant_wlan0="-Dmadwifi"


Any pointers?
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 11:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hallo pgu,
These settings worked for me, hope it helps.

Code:
# lspci -s 02:00 -k
02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6205 [Taylor Peak] (rev 34)
   Subsystem: Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6205 AGN
   Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi


Code:
# dmesg |grep wl
    2.266114] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
    2.267176] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: irq 45 for MSI/MSI-X
    6.532051] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: loaded firmware version 18.168.6.1 op_mode iwldvm
    6.532063] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUG disabled
    6.532064] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUGFS disabled
    6.532065] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEVICE_TRACING disabled
    6.532066] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEVICE_TESTMODE enabled
    6.532068] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_P2P enabled
    6.532069] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: Detected Intel(R) Centrino(R) Advanced-N 6205 AGN, REV=0xB0
    6.532183] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: L1 Enabled; Disabling L0S
    6.549553] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'iwl-agn-rs'
    6.819228] systemd-udevd[1647]: renamed network interface wlan0 to wlp2s0
   12.252007] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: L1 Enabled; Disabling L0S
   12.258886] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: Radio type=0x1-0x2-0x0
   12.641709] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: L1 Enabled; Disabling L0S
   12.648159] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: Radio type=0x1-0x2-0x0


Code:
/etc/conf.d/net

modules_wlp2s0="!wpa_supplicant"
modules_eno1="!plug wpa_supplicant dhcpcd"
wpa_supplicant_wlp2s0="-Dnl80211"
config_eno1="dhcp"
config_wlp2s0="dhcp"


Code:
.config
CONFIG_IWLWIFI=y
CONFIG_IWLDVM=y
CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEVICE_TESTMODE=y
CONFIG_IWLWIFI_P2P=y

CONFIG_FIB_RULES=y
CONFIG_WIRELESS=y
CONFIG_WEXT_CORE=y
CONFIG_WEXT_PROC=y
CONFIG_CFG80211=y
CONFIG_NL80211_TESTMODE=y
CONFIG_CFG80211_DEFAULT_PS=y
CONFIG_CFG80211_WEXT=y
CONFIG_MAC80211=y
CONFIG_MAC80211_HAS_RC=y
CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_MINSTREL=y
CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_MINSTREL_HT=y
CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_MINSTREL=y
CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT="minstrel_ht"
CONFIG_MAC80211_LEDS=y
CONFIG_RFKILL=y
CONFIG_RFKILL_LEDS=y
CONFIG_RFKILL_INPUT=y

Only problem i have is that i cannot turn off my wifi with the switch on the machine,led on all the time.
RFKILL does not help.
Good luck.
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PostPosted: Wed May 28, 2014 4:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thank you for your help. Unfortunately I can't get it to work. There must be some more documentation on how to do this?
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PostPosted: Wed May 28, 2014 6:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It was due to the wifi swtich being off :oops:
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