Cannot connect to my WPA2 WAP w/ NetworkManager, Wicd

GarrettVD · 07-20-2014, 10:44 PM

I'm having some trouble connecting my MacbookPro8,3 (Late 2012) running on Kali Linux (3.14-kali1-amd64) to my WPA2 wireless access point. I have successfully obtained an IP address at one point a few days ago while using network-manager, but I could not access the Internet or successfully ping hosts like google.com.

The output of ifconfig wlan0 from that successful associated was the following:

Code:

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 68:a8:6d:3c:d7:8a  
          inet addr:192.168.1.108  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::6aa8:6dff:fe3c:d78a/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:242467 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:302437 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:233552457 (222.7 MiB)  TX bytes:37095539 (35.3 MiB)

Since then, however, I've been unable to connect using NetworkManager / wicd / pure wpa_supplicant + dhclient, even though the logs will tell me that the 4WAY_HANDSHAKE completed successfully... I've boosted my txpower for wlan0 to see if that made any difference. It didn't, sadly. I've installed the b43 driver for my BCM4331 wireless card, but that doesn't seem to have any effect, either. I am able to connect to another WPA (not WPA2) network just fine with the same system. So I'm not quite sure what is going on.

I will list some system details -- particularly regarding the wireless card + associated drivers -- as well as any logs that could potentially provide some clues. Any help would be greatly appreciated, and I can provide further details if required.

Access point info

Router+firmware: Linksys router with Tomato WAP firmware
BSSID: 00:23:69:50:43:58
PWR: -84
CH: 6
ENC: WPA2
CIPHER: CCMP
AUTH: PSK
ESSID: myawesomewifi

Wicd-generated wpa_supplicant configuration

Code:

#the wpa_supplicant configuration created and used by wicd (/var/lib/wicd/configurations/002369504358)
network={
       ssid="myawesomewifi"
       scan_ssid=1
       proto=WPA RSN
       key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
       pairwise=CCMP TKIP
       group=CCMP TKIP
       psk="thisisnotmypass"
}

Wireless card details + various logs
http://ur1.ca/hslq5

NetworkManager logs (when I'd successfully obtained an IP but with no Internet access)
http://ur1.ca/hslps

NetworkManager logs (failing to associate with AP)
http://ur1.ca/hslpw

Wicd logs (failing to associate with AP)
http://ur1.ca/hslqg

dijetlo · 07-22-2014, 04:31 AM

From your WICD log

Quote:

2014/07/20 21:04:14 :: Running DHCP with hostname kalihost
2014/07/20 21:04:14 :: attempting to set hostname with dhclient
2014/07/20 21:04:14 :: using dhcpcd or another supported client may work better
2014/07/20 21:04:14 :: /sbin/dhclient -v wlan0
......
2014/07/20 21:05:15 :: No DHCPOFFERS received.
2014/07/20 21:05:15 :: No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.
2014/07/20 21:05:15 :: DHCP connection failed
2014/07/20 21:05:15 :: exiting connection thread
2014/07/20 21:05:15 :: Sending connection attempt result dhcp_failed