Re: Association timeout with madwifi

[Derek Atkins <warlord MIT EDU>]

Huh.  I'm using madwifi-0.9.0 with FC5 (NM 0.6.3) and it all works
just fine...  Except for the fact that NM gets confused with my
d-link where it uses the same MAC address on 802.11(a) and 802.11(b/g)
but NM doesn't think these are distinct networks...

-derek

Quoting Adam Lindberg <eproxus gmail com>:

> I believe it is a problem with the madwifi driver, seems as though
> they do not support the WEXT protocols, which is odd. I thought they
> did.
>
> How do I set it up manually with wpa_supplicant?
>
> On 6/28/06, Tom Diehl <tdiehl rogueind com> wrote:
> > On Wed, 28 Jun 2006, Adam Lindberg wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I'm using the latest CVS of NetworkManager, the latest development
> > > snapshot of madwifi-ng (r1654) and the latest development snapshot of
> > > wpa_supplicant (0.5.4). When trying to connect to my WPA encrypted
> > > access point this happens:
> > >
> > > Is there any way to fix this?
> > >
> >
> > If you figure it out I too would like to know. For me NM never sees my
> > madwifi card. If I start wpa_supplicant by hand, the card comes up and will
> > play for days with wpa encryption enabled. If I do not start wpa_supplicant
> > by hand the card never completes the connection. Unless I plug in a network
> > cable, the NM icon always shows a circle with a slash through it.
> >
> > I asked about this problem a few weeks ago, was asked to supply some info
> > but I never heard anything after I sent the info.
> >
> > I am running the following versions of nm and wpa_supplicant:
> > (bullwinkle pts3) $ rpm -qa | grep -i networkmanager
> > NetworkManager-gnome-0.6.3-1.fc5
> > NetworkManager-glib-0.6.3-1.fc5
> > NetworkManager-0.6.3-1.fc5
> >
> > (bullwinkle pts3) $ rpm -qa | grep -i wpa
> > wpa_supplicant-0.4.8-10.fc5
> >
> > (bullwinkle pts3) $ rpm -qa | grep net-tool
> > net-tools-1.60-62.1
> >
> > (bullwinkle pts3) $ rpm -qa | grep mad
> > madwifi-0.1645.20060615-6
> > madwifi-module-0.1645.20060615-6_2.6.17_1.2139_FC5
> >
> > This is a fully updated FC5 dell 2650 laptop.
> >
> > I also see the following in the logs continously:
> >
> > Jun 28 13:53:27 bullwinkle netplugd[1701]: ath0: ignoring event
> > Jun 28 13:53:27 bullwinkle netplugd[1701]: No interface name
> > Jun 28 13:53:27 bullwinkle netplugd[1701]: Callback failed
> > Jun 28 13:53:30 bullwinkle netplugd[1701]: No interface name
> > Jun 28 13:53:30 bullwinkle netplugd[1701]: Callback failed
> >
> > Does the card work for you if you start wpa_supplicant by hand??
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Tom
>
>
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