On Wed, 01 Mar 2006 20:25:30 +0000, __spc__ wrote:
> Using ndiwsrapper 1.10 with the bcmwl5.inf WinXP driver I can get 64bit
> WEP. I have also installed wpa_supplicant-0.4.8 but do not know how to
> gert this working properly - I have configured the files (see below) but I
> am missing something...
>
> lspci:
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc AGP Bridge [IGP 320M] (rev 13)
> 00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc PCI Bridge [IGP 320M] (rev 01)
> 00:07.0 ISA bridge: ALi Corporation M1533 PCI to ISA Bridge [Aladdin IV]
> 00:08.0 Multimedia audio controller: ALi Corporation M5451 PCI AC-Link
> Controller Audio Device (rev 02)
> 00:09.0 Modem: ALi Corporation Intel 537 [M5457 AC-Link Modem] 00:0a.0
> CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI4410 PC card Cardbus
> Controller (rev 02)
> 00:0a.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments PCI4410 FireWire
> Controller (rev 02)
> 00:0c.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM94306 802.11g (rev
> 03) 00:0d.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43) 00:0d.1 USB
> Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43) 00:0d.2 USB Controller: NEC
> Corporation USB 2.0 (rev 04) 00:0e.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom
> Corporation BCM4401 100Base-T (rev
> 01)
> 00:10.0 IDE interface: ALi Corporation M5229 IDE (rev c4) 00:11.0
> Bridge: ALi Corporation M7101 PMU 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI
> Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility U1
>
> Here is the relevant bit from etc/rc.d/rc.wireless: 00:90:96:*)
> INFO="Broadcom WLAN 802.11g on Laptop" # ESSID = "sn55ge" <- Doesn't
> work on the WLAN card CHANNEL="1"
> MODE="Managed"
> KEY="xxxxxxxxxx" <- my 10 digit 64 bit HEX WEP key ;;
>
> Here is the relevant bit from dmesg:
> ndiswrapper version 1.10 loaded (preempt=no,smp=no) ndiswrapper: driver
> bcmwl5 (WLAN,07/17/2003, 3.30.15.0) loaded ACPI: PCI Interrupt
> 0000:00:0c.0[A] -> Link [LNK2] -> GSI 10 (level, low)
> -> IRQ 10
> ndiswrapper: using irq 10
> wlan0: vendor: ''
> wlan0: ndiswrapper ethernet device 00:90:96:bb:b5:c2 using driver
> bcmwl5,
> 14E4:4320:144F:7050.5.conf
> wlan0: encryption modes supported: WEP; TKIP with WPA; AES/CCMP with WPA
>
> Moving to try and set up WPA using wpa_supplicant, here is
> /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf:
> # This line enables the use of wpa_cli which is used by rc.wireless # if
> possible (to check for successful association)
> ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant bash-3.00# more
> wpa_supplicant.conf
> # See /usr/doc/wpa_supplicant-0.4.8/wpa_supplicant.conf.sample # for
> many more options that you can use in this file.
>
> # This line enables the use of wpa_cli which is used by rc.wireless # if
> possible (to check for successful association)
> ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant # By default, only root (group 0)
> may use wpa_cli ctrl_interface_group=0
> eapol_version=1
> ap_scan=1
> fast_reauth=1
>
> # WPA protected network, supply your own ESSID and WPAPSK here:
> network={
> scan_ssid=0
> ssid="sn55ge"
> proto=WPA
> key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
> pairwise=CCMP TKIP
> group=CCMP TKIP WEP104 WEP40
> #ssid="sn55ge"
> #psk="xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <- my 13 digit ASCII WPA pass-phrase
> psk=caf3247875e3d58105849cc02f3a6bdfa25eXXXXX47381 228745ea192813e56f
> <-
> the generated key (XXXXX added )
> }
> }
> # Plaintext connection (no WPA, no IEEE 802.1X), # nice for
> hotel/airport types of WiFi network. # You'll need a recent version of
> wireless-tools for this! network={
> ssid="any"
> key_mgmt=NONE
> priority=2
> }
> }
> When I set my AP to WPA with the pass-phrase, then run wpa_supplicant in
> debug with:
> wpa_supplicant -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -d
>
> I get a load of errors and no connection - something about passphrase
> mismatch.
>
> What should I be doing next. Do I need to remove the rc.wireless.conf
> file? Remove the (WEP) KEY line from it? Maybe remove rc.wireless
> entirely?
>
> I am sure that WPA should work (see dmesg) but I am at a loss on how I
> move from WEP to WPA using wpa_supplicant.
>
> Please help...
wpa_sup[plicant is used for WPA, not for WEP...
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gr,
maxx
:wq!
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