Re: WPA authentication instead of Open/WEP

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Thu, 2006-10-05 at 15:15 -0400, Rohit Kumbhar wrote:
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> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to connect to my office network which has a Open
> Authentication/WEP encryption wireless network [This part is confirmed
> by settings on a windows machine]. When I select the network from the
> displayed list, I get the WPA Authentication box[Getting.png]. I am
> expecting the Open/WEP box for which I have the key. I had mailed on
> this list earlier, was advised to look at the wpa_supplicant logs.
> What I noticed was the wpa_supplicant part starts after I enter some
> values in the box and press "Connect". I have below the snip of
> /var/log/messages from the point I clicked on the wireless network
> name till I cancelled it. I could not find why it asks for WPA
> authentication :(

Probably because the access point is advertising that it uses WPA.  Can
you run a '/sbin/iwlist <your device> scan', pick out the result from
the AP you want to connect to, and send it in a reply?

Dan

> 
> Note: I tried on two other networks that have confirmed WEP, and NM
> works as expected. This is the only network I am having problems on.
> Can there be something I am missing or different in the network
> configuration?
> 
> I tried connecting through the "Connect to other wireless network.."
> option but still could not connect. I tried cheating by manually
> creating the folder under .gconf/..../networks by copying %gconf.xml
> from other WEP network and modifying the bssid parameter. No luck! It
> still pops up the WPA box on login.
> 
> Running:
> FC5 [2.6.17-1.2187_FC5]
> NetworkManager 0.6
> Broadcom wireless card
> 
> Can somebody tell me what's wrong?
> 
> <messages>
> Oct  5 14:52:38 RohitsLaptop dhclient: DHCPRELEASE on eth0 to
> 10.0.1.15 port 67 Oct  5 14:52:38 RohitsLaptop named[2166]: D-BUS:
> dhclient for interface eth0 released lease - removing forwarders.
> Oct  5 14:52:39 RohitsLaptop NetworkManager: <information> Activation
> (dev1804289383) started...
> Oct  5 14:52:39 RohitsLaptop NetworkManager: <information> Activation
> (dev1804289383) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled...
> Oct  5 14:52:39 RohitsLaptop NetworkManager: <information> Activation
> (dev1804289383) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started...
> Oct  5 14:52:39 RohitsLaptop NetworkManager: <information> Activation
> (dev1804289383) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled...
> Oct  5 14:52:39 RohitsLaptop NetworkManager: <information> Activation
> (dev1804289383) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete.
> Oct  5 14:52:39 RohitsLaptop NetworkManager: <information> Activation
> (dev1804289383) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting...
> Oct  5 14:52:39 RohitsLaptop NetworkManager: <information> Activation
> (dev1804289383/wireless): access point 'RohitsOffice' is encrypted,
> but NO valid key exists.  New key needed.
> Oct  5 14:52:39 RohitsLaptop NetworkManager: <information> Activation
> (dev1804289383) New wireless user key requested for network
> 'RohitsOffice'.
> Oct  5 14:52:39 RohitsLaptop NetworkManager: <information> Activation
> (dev1804289383) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete.
> Oct  5 14:53:57 RohitsLaptop NetworkManager: <information> Activation
> (dev1804289383) New wireless user key request for network
> 'RohitsOffice' was canceled.
> Oct  5 14:53:57 RohitsLaptop NetworkManager: <information>
> Deactivating device dev1804289383.
> Oct  5 14:53:57 RohitsLaptop NetworkManager: <information> Activation
> (dev1804289383): cancelling...
> Oct  5 14:53:57 RohitsLaptop NetworkManager: <information> Activation
> (dev1804289383) cancellation handler scheduled...
> Oct  5 14:53:57 RohitsLaptop NetworkManager: <information> Activation
> (dev1804289383) cancellation handled.
> Oct  5 14:53:57 RohitsLaptop NetworkManager: <information> Activation
> (dev1804289383): cancelled.
> Oct  5 14:53:57 RohitsLaptop kernel: SoftMAC: cannot associate without
> being authenticated, requested authentication Oct  5 14:53:57
> RohitsLaptop kernel: bcm43xx: set security called
> Oct  5 14:53:57 RohitsLaptop kernel: bcm43xx:    .level = 0
> Oct  5 14:53:57 RohitsLaptop kernel: bcm43xx:    .enabled = 0
> Oct  5 14:53:57 RohitsLaptop kernel: bcm43xx:    .encrypt = 0
> Oct  5 14:53:57 RohitsLaptop NetworkManager: <information>
> SWITCH:
> no current connection, found better connection 'eth0'.
> </messages>
> 
> 
> Regards
> Rohit
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