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" }
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/
That has to be in there because I have the SSID broadcast disabled
