DLink DWA-131 usb wireless adapter - ifup wlan1 fails, Association request to driver failed

zjmarlow · 06-28-2015, 10:03 AM

Running Debian Jessie.

I disconnected my DLink DWA-131 USB wireless adapter to use in another computer and decided to reconnect it to its original computer. Now ifup attempts result in failure. Watching wpa_supplicant debug output, there are several

Code:

Association request to drive failed

messages. The original firmware (firmware-realtek) is still installed and the previous settings are in place again.

When trying

Code:

ifup wlan1

Code:

wpa_supplicant: /sbin/wpa_supplicant daemon failed to start
run-parts: /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/wpasupplicant exited with return code 1
failed to bring up wlan1

However,

Code:

iwlist wlan1 scanning

works and gets the light blinking again.

Any ideas as to what the problem may be?

Please let me know if any additional information is needed.

ferrari · 07-03-2015, 11:13 PM

Are you sure wpa_supplicant.conf file syntax is correct?

zjmarlow · 07-04-2015, 08:22 AM

Yes. I had to prepend

Code:

iwconfig wlan1 essid <essid> &&

to the interfaces pre-up command. Not sure why though since I've never needed it before.