[pkg-wpa-devel] wpa config vs ipwconfig

[ericp]

Kel Modderman wrote:
> ericp at caldergroup.com wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> My question is are my wpa-* setting the equivalent of my iwconfig 
>> settings? My problem , after bringing up eth1, wpa settings don't 
>> show up when running iwconfig. Other access points work ok, but I've 
>> never been able to set the ssid using wpa.
>>
>> This works
>> /sbin/iwconfig eth1 essid NETGEAR channel 6 key 
>> 12345678901234567890123456
>>
>> This does not work (from /etc/network/interfaces)
>> mapping eth1
>>         script grep
>>         map eth1-work
>>         map eth1-home
>>         map eth1-rents
>>
>> iface eth1-rents inet dhcp
>>         wpa-driver ipw
>
> Out of interest, what kernel version do you run?
2.6.15-1-486
>
>>         wpa-ssid NETGEAR
>>         wpa-key-mgmt NONE
>>         wpa-wep-key0 "12345678901234567890123456"
>
> Don't quote the hex wep key.
yah, I made it up alone with the SSID ;)
>
>>         wpa-wep-tx-keyidx 0
>>
>>
>> Versions
>> wpasupplicant  0.4.8-4
>> ipw2200 2.4
>>
>> This is what I get from wpa_client, with config from 
>> /etc/network/interfaces.
>>
>> Connection to wpa_supplicant lost - trying to reconnect
>> Connection to wpa_supplicant re-established
>> <2>CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys
>> <2>CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys
>> <2>CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys
>> <2>CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys
>> <2>CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys
>> <2>CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys
>> <2>CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys
>>
>
> Thanks, Kel.