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stratotak

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Registered: 2006-01-08

Posts: 25

ipw2100 and WPA problems...

ive gotten my toshiba laptop with a ipw2100working..but im havinh problem getting it to work with WPA...ive tried the wikipedia instructions and still cant get it to work..it sees the router and when i start pc it passes on newtwork profile and passes on setting up network and Kde wireless shows good signal strenght..but it camt get it to connect to internet..maybe if i post config files and out put of iwconfig someone can tell me if they see something wrong in my conf...

iwconfig...as root

[root@fuzzbox strat]# iwconfig eth1
eth1      IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:"strat"  Nickname:"ipw2100"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: 00:13:10:27:34:42
          Bit Rate=11 Mb/s   Tx-Power:off
          Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:F7C9-1B47-A0AE-78D7-BC29-CC9F-D451-4966-9BFF-0EFC-AC6C-D18D-2A80-62F5-3ED9-DC6C   Security mode:open
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=100/100  Signal level=-38 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:1   Missed beacon:0

rc.conf..

# NETWORKING
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
HOSTNAME="fuzzbox"
#
# Interfaces to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each interface then list in INTERFACES
#   - prefix an entry in INTERFACES with a ! to disable it
#
# Note: to use DHCP, set your interface to be "dhcp" (eth0="dhcp")
#
lo="lo 127.0.0.1"
eth0="eth0 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255"

INTERFACES=(lo eth0 eth1)
eth1="dhcp"
eth0="dhcp"
#
# Routes to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each route then list in ROUTES
#   - prefix an entry in ROUTES with a ! to disable it
#
gateway="default gw 192.168.0.1"
ROUTES=(!gateway)
#
# Enable these network profiles at boot-up.  These are only useful
# if you happen to need multiple network configurations (ie, laptop users)
#   - set to 'menu' to present a menu during boot-up
#   - prefix an entry with a ! to disable it
#
# Network profiles are found in /etc/network-profiles
#
NET_PROFILES=(main)

#

net profile....

Network Profile
#

DESCRIPTION=" WPA Network Profile"

# Network Settings
INTERFACE=eth1
HOSTNAME=fuzzbox

# Interface Settings (use IFOPTS="dhcp" for DHCP)
IFOPTS="dhcp"
GATEWAY=192.168.0.1

# DNS Settings (optional)
DOMAIN=localdomain
DNS1=192.168.0.1
DNS2=

# Wireless Settings (optional)
ESSID=strat
#KEY=
IWOPTS="mode managed essid strat  "

#WIFI_INTERFACE=wlan0   # use this if you have a special wireless interface
                        # that is linked to the real $INTERFACE

#WIFI_WAIT=5            # seconds to wait for the wireless card to
                        # associate before bringing the interface up

USEWPA="yes"           # start wpa_supplicant with the profile
WPAOPTS="-D wext"             # use "" for normal operation or specify additional
                        # options (eg, "-D ipw")
                        # see /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf for configuration

/etc/conf.d/wireless

# For each wireless interface declared in INTERFACES (in rc.conf), declare
# a wlan_${IF} variable that contains the arguments to be passed to
# iwconfig(8).  Then list the original interface name in the
# WLAN_INTERFACES array.
#

wlan_eth1="eth1 mode managed essid strat"
WLAN_INTERFACES=(eth1)

wpa_supplicant config.

network={
        ssid="strat"
        scan_ssid=1
        psk="callofduty"
        key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
        proto=WPA
        pairwise=TKIP
        group=TKIP
        priority=9
}

xor

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2003-03-20

Posts: 73

Re: ipw2100 and WPA problems...

Hi!
did you check wpa_cli while trying to connect to your ap?
May catch some valuable information from it.

/xor