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Bug 127799 - IPW2200 and WPA unable to maintain a connection
Summary: IPW2200 and WPA unable to maintain a connection
Status: RESOLVED UPSTREAM
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] baselayout (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Mobile Herd (OBSOLETE)
URL: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-...
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Reported: 2006-03-27 16:50 UTC by Zak Peirce
Modified: 2006-03-28 06:53 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Description Zak Peirce 2006-03-27 16:50:07 UTC
slacktop ~ # emerge --info
Portage 2.1_pre6-r5 (default-linux/x86/2005.1, gcc-3.4.5, glibc-2.4-r1, 2.6.15-archck4-r1 i686)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.15-archck4-r1 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.73GHz
Gentoo Base System version 1.12.0_pre16
dev-lang/python:     2.3.5, 2.4.2-r1
sys-apps/sandbox:    1.2.17
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13, 2.59-r7
sys-devel/automake:  1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r1
sys-devel/binutils:  2.16.1-r2
sys-devel/libtool:   1.5.22
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.11-r3
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium-m -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -mfpmath=sse"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d"
CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium-m -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -mfpmath=sse"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="x86 X aac acpi alsa apm avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cdparanoia cdr cdrw crypt cups directfb dri dts dvd dvdr dvdread emboss encode firefox flac foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 hal imlib ipv6 ithreads java jpeg kde libg++ libwww lm_sensors mad mikmod motif mp3 mpeg ncurses nls nptl nptlonly nsplugin ogg oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline real sdl sensord spell ssl tcpd truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts ucs2 unicode vorbis wxGTK xml2 xmms xv xvid zlib elibc_glibc input_devices_keyboard input_devices_synaptics input_devices_kbd input_devices_evdev input_devices_mouse kernel_linux userland_GNU video_cards_fglrx"
Unset:  ASFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, MAKEOPTS

slacktop ~ #



When I start net.eth1 the device starts and takes about 30 seconds to come up then after about 5 minutes or so i start to have signal issues with my wifi card.  This only started to happen after i switched from WEP to WPA so beleive that it is an issue with the WPA modules.

Here is the output for when i start the device

Code:

slacktop ~ # /etc/init.d/net.eth1 start
 * Starting eth1
 *   Starting wpa_supplicant on eth1 ...
Initializing interface 'eth1' conf '/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf' driver 'wext' 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 (from group name 'root')
Line: 10 - start of a new network block
ssid - hexdump_ascii(len=20):
     5xxxxxxxxxxx
scan_ssid=1 (0x1)
proto: 0x1
key_mgmt: 0x2
pairwise: 0x8
group: 0x8
PSK (ASCII passphrase) - hexdump_ascii(len=15): [REMOVED]
PSK (from passphrase) - hexdump(len=32): [REMOVED]
Priority group 0
   id=0 ssid='xxxxxxxx'
Initializing interface (2) 'eth1'
EAPOL: SUPP_PAE entering state DISCONNECTED
EAPOL: KEY_RX entering state NO_KEY_RECEIVE
EAPOL: SUPP_BE entering state INITIALIZE
EAP: EAP entering state DISABLED
EAPOL: External notification - portEnabled=0
EAPOL: External notification - portValid=0
SIOCGIWRANGE: WE(compiled)=19 WE(source)=18 enc_capa=0xf
  capabilities: key_mgmt 0xf enc 0xf
Own MAC address: xx.xx.xx.xx.xx.xx
wpa_driver_wext_set_wpa
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
wpa_driver_wext_set_drop_unencrypted
Setting scan request: 0 sec 100000 usec
Added interface eth1
Daemonize..                                                               [ ok ] *   Starting wpa_cli on eth1 ...                                         [ ok ] *     Backgrounding ...
slacktop ~ #


the device starts but constantly looses signal strength

I am not boradcasting the SSID

My configs are as follows

/etc/conf.d/net
Code:

config_eth1=( "dhcp" )
modules=( "wpa_supplicant" )
wpa_supplicant_eth1="-Dwext -dd"


/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

Code:

#allow frontend (e.g., wpa_cli) to be used by all users in 'root' group
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=root

#fast_reauth=1


#
# home network; allow all valid ciphers
network={
        ssid="xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
        scan_ssid=1
        proto=WPA
        key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
        pairwise=TKIP
        group=TKIP
        psk="xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
                                                }
Comment 1 Henrik Brix Andersen 2006-03-28 00:50:40 UTC
Try removing the 'scan_ssid=1' line from your wpa_supplicant.conf.

If that doesn't work, please report this upstream at http://www.bughost.org/
Comment 2 Zak Peirce 2006-03-28 06:53:40 UTC
That has to be in there because I have the SSID broadcast disabled