kern/154598: [wireless] Atheros 5424/2424 can't connect to WPA network

Lars Engels lme at FreeBSD.org
Tue Feb 8 21:30:08 UTC 2011


>Number:         154598
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       [wireless] Atheros 5424/2424 can't connect to WPA network
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Feb 08 21:30:07 UTC 2011
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Lars Engels
>Release:        FreeBSD 9-CURRENT
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD maggie.bsd-geek.de 9.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT #42 r215143M: Tue Feb  8 21:36:22 CET 2011     lars at maggie.bsd-geek.de:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/MAGGIE  i386

>Description:
As already discussed with adrian on IRC.

Background:
I just changed my home AP from a Linksys WRT54GL (802.11g) running dd-wrt to a TP-Link TL-WR1043ND (IEEE 802.11n) also with dd-wrt.

When I configured the new AP with WPA or WPA2 using TKIP or AES encryption ifconfig shows that I am connected, but I can't get an IP address from DHCP or can ping the AP when I configure an IP address manually:

ifconfig wlan1
wlan1: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
        ether 00:24:2b:0e:a8:5f
        inet6 fe80::224:2bff:fe0e:a85f%wlan1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x6
        inet 0.0.0.0 netmask 0xffffffff broadcast 192.168.10.255
        nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
        media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet OFDM/54Mbps mode 11g
        status: associated
        ssid hafenkneipe channel 6 (2437 MHz 11g) bssid d8:5d:4c:9c:35:50
        regdomain 101 indoor ecm authmode WPA privacy ON deftxkey UNDEF
        AES-CCM 2:128-bit txpower 20 bmiss 7 scanvalid 450 bgscan
        bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250 roam:rssi 7 roam:rate 5 protmode CTS
        wme burst roaming MANUAL


wpa_supplicant.conf:

network={
        ssid="hafenkneipe"
        psk="foobar"
}

With wlandebug turned on I see this in /var/log/messages:

Feb  8 21:54:25 maggie kernel: wlan1: Ethernet address: 00:24:2b:0e:a8:5f
Feb  8 21:54:28 maggie kernel: wlan1: link state changed to UP
Feb  8 21:58:05 maggie kernel: ath0: ath_key_update_begin:
Feb  8 21:58:05 maggie kernel: ath0: ath_key_delete: delete key 4
Feb  8 21:58:05 maggie kernel: ath0: ath_key_update_end:
Feb  8 21:58:05 maggie kernel: wlan1: link state changed to DOWN
Feb  8 21:58:05 maggie kernel: ath0: ath_stop_locked: invalid 0 if_flags 0x8802
Feb  8 21:58:05 maggie kernel: ar5212GetChipPowerLimits: no min/max power for 2312/0xa0
Feb  8 21:58:05 maggie kernel: ath0: ath_key_update_begin:
Feb  8 21:58:05 maggie kernel: ath0: ath_key_update_end:
Feb  8 21:58:05 maggie kernel: ath0: ath_key_update_begin:
Feb  8 21:58:05 maggie kernel: ath0: ath_key_update_end:
Feb  8 21:58:05 maggie kernel: ath0: ath_key_update_begin:
Feb  8 21:58:05 maggie kernel: ath0: ath_key_update_end:
Feb  8 21:58:05 maggie kernel: ath0: ath_key_update_begin:
Feb  8 21:58:05 maggie kernel: ath0: ath_key_update_end:
Feb  8 21:58:05 maggie kernel: ath0: ath_init: if_flags 0x8803
Feb  8 21:58:05 maggie kernel: ath0: ath_stop_locked: invalid 0 if_flags 0x8803
Feb  8 21:58:07 maggie wpa_supplicant[2855]: Trying to associate with d8:5d:4c:9c:35:50 (SSID='hafenkneipe' freq=2437 MHz)
Feb  8 21:58:07 maggie wpa_supplicant[2855]: Associated with d8:5d:4c:9c:35:50
Feb  8 21:58:07 maggie kernel: wlan1: link state changed to UP
Feb  8 21:58:07 maggie kernel: ar5212GetNf: NF did not complete in calibration window
Feb  8 21:58:07 maggie kernel: ath0: ath_key_update_begin:
Feb  8 21:58:07 maggie kernel: ath0: key_alloc_single: key 4
Feb  8 21:58:07 maggie kernel: ath_keyset: [04] AES-CCM 937e65e30ebd9cce6a66e55ebe205e6c mac d8:5d:4c:9c:35:50
Feb  8 21:58:07 maggie kernel: ath0: ath_key_update_end:
Feb  8 21:58:07 maggie kernel: ath0: ath_key_update_begin:
Feb  8 21:58:07 maggie kernel: ath_keyset: [01] AES-CCM 0351763e51f414f841430904f7eb7126 mac d8:5d:4c:9c:35:50
Feb  8 21:58:07 maggie kernel: ath0: ath_key_update_end:
Feb  8 21:58:07 maggie wpa_supplicant[2855]: WPA: Key negotiation completed with d8:5d:4c:9c:35:50 [PTK=CCMP GTK=CCMP]
Feb  8 21:58:07 maggie wpa_supplicant[2855]: CTRL-EVENT-CONNECTED - Connection to d8:5d:4c:9c:35:50 completed (auth) [id=1 id_str=]

If I disable WPA and use an unencrypted network the connection works.


With the same configuration a USB stick (if_rum) works.
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