Network Manager keeps asking for WPA passphrase

muckymouse · 2010-05-09 18:16:12

Hi, I finally managed to install arch on my netbook, everything seems to be in working order apart from my wireless connection..

I've installed and configured the broadcom drivers for my card from the AUR and both the access points I usually connect to (under windows/ubuntu) are visible.

firstly I tried to connect to my access point using wicd, it appears to work until it trys to validate the connection and eventually returns the error:

'Connection Failed: Bad Password'
im 100% certain i have entered the passphrase correctly.

I googled around, to find some people are having similar problems - i couldnt find a complete solution to my problem but a lot of people were linking to wicd-bzr. I have the same problem using wicd-curses..

next i decided to try NetworkManager, I uninstalled wicd and installed networkmanager 'pacman -S network-manager-applet'
again, the manager displays all available access points, i try to connect to my router and it repeatedly asks for my passphrase and never manages to connect.

does anyone has any ideas?

im using xfce4 (i also tried in gnome), the broadcom device is B4312, and the network security is WPA. Cheers.

hokasch · 2010-05-09 20:35:26

what about connecting manually with wpa_supplicant?

muckymouse · 2010-05-10 16:21:05

at first using wpa_supplicant appears to work, then my connection drops and asks for the passphrase to reconnect.

fini_fly · 2010-05-10 16:56:32

Have you tried wicd?

muckymouse · 2010-05-10 17:07:23

i tried using wicd and wicd-bzr

.:B:. · 2010-05-10 17:08:21

fini_fly wrote:

Have you tried wicd?

muckymouse wrote:

firstly I tried to connect to my access point using wicd
[...]
but a lot of people were linking to wicd-bzr. I have the same problem using wicd-curses..
[...]
I uninstalled wicd

I think he did alright

muckymouse, wpa_supplicant will probably tell you what's wrong if you run it with the verbosity switch (-d). That should give you some pointers. The more d's you add the more info wpa_supplicant will spit out. Paste the output here.

fini_fly · 2010-05-10 19:30:14

muckymouse wrote:

i tried using wicd and wicd-bzr

Oops, missed that. Sorry.

morgenstern · 2010-11-19 18:27:09

Same problem here, tested with Wicd (also wicd-bzr), Netcfg and NetworkManager.
Tried wpa_gui, the event history keep saying:

WPS-AP-AVAILABLE
Trying to associate with [MAC-ADDRESS] (SSID)
Authentication with [MAC-ADDRESS] timed out
CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS

Edit: sorry, i forgot to paste wpa_supplicant output with -d flag:

[root@hydra log]# wpa_supplicant -ddd -Dwext -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -B
Initializing interface 'wlan0' conf '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' driver 'wext' ctrl_interface 'N/A' bridge 'N/A'
Configuration file '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' -> '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf'
Reading configuration file '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf'
ctrl_interface='/var/run/wpa_supplicant'
ctrl_interface_group='network'
update_config=1
Line: 5 - start of a new network block
ssid - hexdump_ascii(len=21):
     46 41 53 54 57 45 42 2d 31 2d 50 41 32 37 32 39   FASTWEB-1-PA2729
     30 31 35 4d 41                                    015MA           
PSK (ASCII passphrase) - hexdump_ascii(len=21): [REMOVED]
proto: 0x2
key_mgmt: 0x2
pairwise: 0x8
auth_alg: 0x1
PSK (from passphrase) - hexdump(len=32): [REMOVED]
Line 12: removed CCMP from group cipher list since it was not allowed for pairwise cipher
Priority group 0
   id=0 ssid='FASTWEB-1-PA2729015MA'
WEXT: cfg80211-based driver detected
SIOCGIWRANGE: WE(compiled)=22 WE(source)=21 enc_capa=0xf
  capabilities: key_mgmt 0xf enc 0xf flags 0x0
netlink: Operstate: linkmode=1, operstate=5
Own MAC address: 00:13:02:10:34:2e
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
RSN: flushing PMKID list in the driver
Setting scan request: 0 sec 100000 usec
WPS: UUID based on MAC address - hexdump(len=16): a6 20 a7 e6 1e b5 58 c3 92 4f 1e 08 8d 27 ba 7a
EAPOL: SUPP_PAE entering state DISCONNECTED
EAPOL: Supplicant port status: Unauthorized
EAPOL: KEY_RX entering state NO_KEY_RECEIVE
EAPOL: SUPP_BE entering state INITIALIZE
EAP: EAP entering state DISABLED
EAPOL: Supplicant port status: Unauthorized
EAPOL: Supplicant port status: Unauthorized
ctrl_interface_group=90 (from group name 'network')
Added interface wlan0
Daemonize..

My wireless card is a Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection (rev 02)

Router is a Linksys WRT320N, configured with WPA2 Personal, Encryption AES or TKIP

Last edited by morgenstern (2010-11-19 18:41:58)

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#1 2010-05-09 18:16:12

Network Manager keeps asking for WPA passphrase

#2 2010-05-09 20:35:26

Re: Network Manager keeps asking for WPA passphrase

#3 2010-05-10 16:21:05

Re: Network Manager keeps asking for WPA passphrase

#4 2010-05-10 16:56:32

Re: Network Manager keeps asking for WPA passphrase

#5 2010-05-10 17:07:23

Re: Network Manager keeps asking for WPA passphrase

#6 2010-05-10 17:08:21

Re: Network Manager keeps asking for WPA passphrase

#7 2010-05-10 19:30:14

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