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fierydemise

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Registered: 2011-06-06

Posts: 2

[SOLVED]Wireless Connection Problem with netcfg

Wireless card Atheros AR5001

The problem I am having is that I can see my wireless network when scanning

wlan0     Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: 00:18:F8:7C:E8:54
                    Channel:11
                    Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
                    Quality=46/70  Signal level=-64 dBm  
                    Encryption key:on
                    ESSID:"Mshome"
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
                              24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
                    Mode:Master
                    Extra:tsf=0000000e18cbc036
                    Extra: Last beacon: 93ms ago
                    IE: Unknown: 00064D73686F6D65
                    IE: Unknown: 010882848B962430486C
                    IE: Unknown: 03010B
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0104
                    IE: Unknown: 2F0104
                    IE: Unknown: 32040C121860
                    IE: Unknown: DD090010180200F5000000
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK

However when using netcfg with the following profile

CONNECTION='wireless'
DESCRIPTION='A simple WPA encrypted wireless connection'
INTERFACE='wlan0'
SECURITY='wpa'
ESSID='MsHome'
KEY='...'
IP='dhcp' 
TIMEOUT='60'

I get the following output

:: home up    [BUSY] 
 > WPA Authentication/Association Failed 
   [FAIL] 

Oddly turning off the network security and using the following profile for netcfg results in the same error.

CONNECTION='wireless'
DESCRIPTION='A simple opened wireless connection'
INTERFACE='wlan0'
SECURITY='none'
ESSID='MsHome'
IP='dhcp'
TIMEOUT='60'

Thoughts?

Last edited by fierydemise (2011-06-07 06:12:45)

ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

Posts: 19,797

Re: [SOLVED]Wireless Connection Problem with netcfg

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wlan0     Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: 00:18:F8:7C:E8:54
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                    ESSID:"Mshome"
                    <snip>

However when using netcfg with the following profile

CONNECTION='wireless'
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ESSID='MsHome'
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Thoughts?

ESSIDs are case sensitive

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fierydemise

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Registered: 2011-06-06

Posts: 2

Re: [SOLVED]Wireless Connection Problem with netcfg

Wow, can't believe I missed that one.  Thanks.