Wpa_supplicant fails

medianmajik · 2011-03-05 08:37:10

I'm running netcfg's net-auto-wireless daemon on a Broadcom 4312 b/g card on a HP Mini Note 1125-NR, but am unable to connect to encrypted networks. Netcfg profiles report success, but wpa_supplicant fails immediately afterwards. My i686 system is fully up to date and the profiles are correctly setup.

Note: I've removed 'network' from my rc.conf daemon's list.

DAEMONS=(syslog-ng dbus hal net-auto-wireless @net-auto-wired netfs @crond @alsa)

Note: Most likely I've not correctly setup this config file.
wpa_supplicant configuration file (lots of unnecessary lines edited out for this post)
#update_config=1

# When configuring both the directory and group, use following format:
# DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=wheel
# DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=0
# (group can be either group name or gid)
#
#
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant

eapol_version=1
ap_scan=1
fast_reauth=1
country=US

Thanks in advance for any tips or ideas. I've been using the wiki and google, but haven't gotten this resolved.

milomouse · 2011-03-05 19:33:56

have you looked at `wpa_actiond'? the wiki also says that wpa-config profiles don't work with net-auto-wireless. did you convert them to wpa-configsection?

medianmajik · 2011-03-08 05:29:51

My wpa profiles are all setup to configsection. I get 'WPA Authentication/Association failed.'

Here is my WPA profile example:

CONNECTION='wireless'
INTERFACE=wlan0
SECURITY='wpa-configsection'
ESSID='*****'
IP='dhcp'
CONFIGSECTION='
    ssid="*****"
    key_mgmt=WPA-EAP
    eap=TTLS
    group=TKIP
    pairwise=TKIP
    priority=1
    phase2="auth=PSK"'

$sudo iwlist wlan0 scan
The essid I'm trying to connect to is listed as
WPA version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
Authentication Suites : PSK
Encryption key:on

$sudo iwlist auth

wlan0     Authentication capabilities :
        WPA
        WPA2
        CIPHER-TKIP
        CIPHER-CCMP
          Current WPA version :
          Current Key management :
        802.1x
          Current Pairwise cipher :
        none
          Current Pairwise cipher :
        none
          Current TKIP countermeasures : no
          Current Drop unencrypted : yes
          Current Authentication algorithm :
        open
          Current Receive unencrypted EAPOL : no
          Current Roaming control : no
          Current Privacy invoked : no

I read this posting on setting up WPA encryption in Arch from 2009 and changed a wpa_supplicant.conf setting to

ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=wheel

I have wpa_actiond installed, but don't really understand how it works. It doesn't seem to have any sort of man entry.

medianmajik · 2011-03-31 04:22:39

Still trying to resolve this. It is strange, because the profiles I connect to will report being "up" successfully, but are followed a moment later by Wpa failing. I ran export NETCFG_DEBUG="yes" to no success

Proofrific · 2011-03-31 05:07:12

Have you tried another program, like wicd or networkmanager, to see if the problem is wpa_supplicant itself or your config in netcfg?

medianmajik · 2011-03-31 05:12:37

Proofrific wrote:

Have you tried another program, like wicd or networkmanager, to see if the problem is wpa_supplicant itself or your config in netcfg?

Thanks for the response! I did try Wicd and had the same problem.

Proofrific · 2011-03-31 05:20:22

Maybe try some other network configurations, just to see if they work. For example:
- Can you connect to an open (not encrypted) network?
- Can you connect to a WEP encrypted network?
- Can you connect to a WPA-AES encrypted network (as opposed to TKIP)?

medianmajik · 2011-03-31 06:11:31

I'm able to connect to open networks just fine. Everything else is giving me trouble. When running the WPA steps on the wiki manually everything seems to work, but when I run dhcpcd it says it is waiting for carrier and times out rather than providing an IP.

the sad clown · 2011-03-31 06:56:15

Have you successfully connected with just the wpa_supplicant command:

wpa_supplicant -d -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf

The "-d" allows for debugging. If it works, change it to "-B" to background the process.

Last edited by the sad clown (2011-03-31 06:57:37)

Proofrific · 2011-03-31 15:54:11

medianmajik wrote:

I'm able to connect to open networks just fine. Everything else is giving me trouble. When running the WPA steps on the wiki manually everything seems to work, but when I run dhcpcd it says it is waiting for carrier and times out rather than providing an IP.

If WEP is also giving you trouble, then the problem isn't wpa_supplicant.

Have you tried dhclient instead of dhcpcd? Dhcpcd is supposed to be better, but it's something to try.

medianmajik · 2011-04-01 01:27:58

Proofrific wrote:

medianmajik wrote:
I'm able to connect to open networks just fine. Everything else is giving me trouble. When running the WPA steps on the wiki manually everything seems to work, but when I run dhcpcd it says it is waiting for carrier and times out rather than providing an IP.
If WEP is also giving you trouble, then the problem isn't wpa_supplicant.
Have you tried dhclient instead of dhcpcd? Dhcpcd is supposed to be better, but it's something to try.

I've installed dhclient and will give it a shot.

As of today I'm getting WPA authentication errors when connecting to open networks as well.

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

  1CONNECTION='wireless'
  2 DESCRIPTION='A simple opened wireless connection'
  3 INTERFACE='wlan0'
  4 SECURITY='none'
  5 ESSID='noisebridge'
  6 IP='dhcp'

I tried adding TIMEOUT=30 as suggested in the wiki, but it didn't work.

the sad clown wrote:

Have you successfully connected with just the wpa_supplicant command:
wpa_supplicant -d -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
The "-d" allows for debugging. If it works, change it to "-B" to background the process.

$ sudo wpa_supplicant -d -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf

Initializing interface 'wlan0' conf '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' driver 'default' 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='DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=wheel'
Priority group 0
id=0 ssid='*******'
SIOCGIWRANGE: WE(compiled)=22 WE(source)=19 enc_capa=0xf
capabilities: key_mgmt 0xf enc 0xf flags 0x0
netlink: Operstate: linkmode=1, operstate=5
Own MAC address: 0c:60:76:2d:e9:b6
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): 86 f2 db 39 a3 bb 5d 1c a3 f7 33 eb 6b a8 f3 b2
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=10 (from group name 'wheel')
Added interface wlan0
RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=0 ifi_flags=0x11043 ([UP][RUNNING][LOWER_UP])
RTM_NEWLINK, IFLA_IFNAME: Interface 'wlan0' added
RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=0 ifi_flags=0x11043 ([UP][RUNNING][LOWER_UP])
RTM_NEWLINK, IFLA_IFNAME: Interface 'wlan0' added
Wireless event: cmd=0x8b06 len=8
RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=0 ifi_flags=0x11043 ([UP][RUNNING][LOWER_UP])
RTM_NEWLINK, IFLA_IFNAME: Interface 'wlan0' added
Wireless event: cmd=0x8b1a len=40
RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=0 ifi_flags=0x11003 ([UP][LOWER_UP])
RTM_NEWLINK, IFLA_IFNAME: Interface 'wlan0' added
State: DISCONNECTED -> SCANNING
Starting AP scan for wildcard SSID
Scan requested (ret=0) - scan timeout 5 seconds
EAPOL: disable timer tick
EAPOL: Supplicant port status: Unauthorized
Scan timeo

$ sudo iwlist scan

lo        Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0     Failed to read scan data : Invalid argument

eth0      Interface doesn't support scanning.

$ dmesg | tail

ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
atl1c 0000:02:00.0: irq 42 for MSI/MSI-X
atl1c 0000:02:00.0: atl1c: eth0 NIC Link is Up<100 Mbps Full Duplex>
wlan0: no IPv6 routers present
wlan0: no IPv6 routers present
wlan0: no IPv6 routers present
atl1c 0000:02:00.0: irq 42 for MSI/MSI-X
atl1c 0000:02:00.0: atl1c: eth0 NIC Link is Up<100 Mbps Full Duplex>
wlan0: no IPv6 routers present
wlan0: no IPv6 routers present

I was searching the forum/google and found this post, which recommends adding

ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=0

to your wpa_supplicant.conf. My current setup is from the Arch wiki:

ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=wheel

Last edited by medianmajik (2011-04-01 01:44:21)

the sad clown · 2011-04-01 01:49:59

Try a simpler configuration for your wpa_supplicant.conf and see if that works:

network={
       ssid="your-essid"
       psk="your-password"
}

If it works, then you know it is your configuration and not a driver or hardware issue.

All you have to do then is steadily work your way up to the specifications of your network, like change the psk to wpa-psk, adding a cipher and the like.

Arch Linux

#1 2011-03-05 08:37:10

Wpa_supplicant fails

#2 2011-03-05 19:33:56

Re: Wpa_supplicant fails

#3 2011-03-08 05:29:51

Re: Wpa_supplicant fails

#4 2011-03-31 04:22:39

Re: Wpa_supplicant fails

#5 2011-03-31 05:07:12

Re: Wpa_supplicant fails

#6 2011-03-31 05:12:37

Re: Wpa_supplicant fails

#7 2011-03-31 05:20:22

Re: Wpa_supplicant fails

#8 2011-03-31 06:11:31

Re: Wpa_supplicant fails

#9 2011-03-31 06:56:15

Re: Wpa_supplicant fails

#10 2011-03-31 15:54:11

Re: Wpa_supplicant fails

#11 2011-04-01 01:27:58

Re: Wpa_supplicant fails

#12 2011-04-01 01:49:59

Re: Wpa_supplicant fails

Board footer