6-BETA1 iwi + wpa_supplicant fails, and sometimes silently re boots

Sam Leffler sam at errno.com
Wed Jul 27 05:26:54 GMT 2005


Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH wrote:
> I won't be able to try WPA until I get home this evening (if then).
> 
> I'm still having failures and ultimately silent reboots trying to get at
> the unsecured network on campus, however.  wpa_supplicant.conf and a
> debug log attached.  ---Is there some secret incantation needed to
> disable all authentication, or is that case simply not implemented/not
> tested?  The log shows it timing out and failing to authenticate to a
> null BSSID, instead of simply not authenticating at all.
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
> ctrl_interface_group=wheel
> eapol_version=1
> ap_scan=1
> fast_reauth=1
> 
> network={
> 	ssid="800-7"
> 	scan_ssid=1
> 	key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
> 	psk="[redacted]"
> 	#group=TKIP
> }
> 
> network={
> 	ssid="CMU"
> 	key_mgmt=NONE
> }

It was just pointed out that using wpa_supplicant with open 
authentication does not work.  I'll look at it soon unless someone beats 
me to it.

	Sam


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