Re: WPA authentication instead of Open/WEP

["Rohit Kumbhar" <rohit kumbhar gmail com>]

Here'e the ouptut:
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[rohit RohitsLaptop ~]$ /sbin/iwlist dev1804289383 scan
Warning: Driver for device dev1804289383 has been compiled with version 20
of Wireless Extension, while this program supports up to version 19.
Some things may be broken...

dev1804289383  Scan completed :
         Cell 01 - Address: 00:0D:54:FD:43:07
                   ESSID:"RohitsOffice"
                   Protocol:IEEE 802.11bg
                   Mode:Master
                   Channel:6
                   Encryption key:on
                   Bit Rates:54 Mb/s
                   Extra: Rates (Mb/s): 1 2 5.5 9 11 6 12 18 24 36 48 54
                   Quality=100/100  Signal level=-145 dBm
                   IE: WPA Version 1
                       Group Cipher : WEP-40
                       Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
                       Authentication Suites (1) : 802.1X
                   Extra: Last beacon: 1392ms ago
         Cell 02 - Address: AE:58:E0:AC:85:1F
                   ESSID:"hpsetup"
                   Protocol:IEEE 802.11b
                   Mode:Ad-Hoc
                   Channel:11
                   Encryption key:off
                   Bit Rates:11 Mb/s
                   Extra: Rates (Mb/s): 1 2 5.5 11
                   Quality=100/100  Signal level=-210 dBm
                   Extra: Last beacon: 84ms ago

[rohit RohitsLaptop ~]$
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Regards
Rohit

On 10/5/06, Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com> wrote:
> 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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Regards
Rohit