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Old 03-07-2009, 07:27 PM   #1
pridefc
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Cannot get the wireless to work


I cannot get my ubuntu to work with my WAP.

WAP = Linksys 54 G
WAP Config = Hidden SSID, WPA2-Mixed, TKIP+EAS encryption.
OS = Ubuntu 8.10
Laptop = HP Pavillion DV laptop.

On my other partition (same laptop), I have Vista installed and it works fine with my WAP.

In Ubuntu, I've used the networkmanger to configure the wireless settings with SSID, WPA2-Personal and the PSK.

When using Ubuntu, when I disable all the WAP security on my WAP, I´m able to connect to the WAP.

This is my iwconfig =
Code:
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

pan0      no wireless extensions.

eth1      IEEE 802.11abgn  ESSID:""  Nickname:""
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.452 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated   
          Bit Rate:54 Mb/s   Tx-Power:32 dBm   
          Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Managementmode:All packets received
          Link Quality=5/5  Signal level=-39 dBm  Noise level=-92 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

lshw -C network.
  *-network               
       description: Wireless interface
       product: BCM4322 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       logical name: eth1
       version: 01
       serial: 00:21:00:83:e4:45
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=wl0 driverversion=5.10.27.12 latency=0 module=wl multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11abgn
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 02
       serial: 00:23:8b:21:e0:58
       size: 10MB/s
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=half latency=0 link=no module=r8169 multicast=yes port=MII speed=10MB/s
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Ethernet interface
       physical id: 1
       logical name: pan0
       serial: 82:55:ca:ag:56:3d
       capabilities: ethernet physical
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bridge driverversion=2.3 firmware=N/A link=yes multicast=yes
This is my wpa_supplicant.log =
Code:
Trying to associate with SSID '54G'
Invalid key management type (16).
WPA: Failed to generate WPA IE.
WPA: Failed to set WPA key management and encryption suites (no scan results)
When I change my WAP setting from WPA2-mixed to WPA2-Personal with EAP, the wpa_supplicant.log shows the following =
Code:
Trying to associate with 00:1d:7e:0c:61:70 (SSID='54G' freq=2437 MHz)
Association request to the driver failed
Associated with 00:1d:7e:0c:61:70
WPA: Key negotiation completed with 00:1d:7e:0c:61:70 [PTK=CCMP GTK=CCMP]
CTRL-EVENT-CONNECTED - Connection to 00:1d:7e:0c:61:70 completed (reauth) [id=1 
id_str=]
CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys
When I attempt to run wpa_gui, I get =

Code:
¨Failed to open control connection to wpa_supplicant¨]
and when I attemp to add the network manually in wpa_gui, I get
Code:
¨Failed to enable network in wpa-suppliant configuration¨.
 
Old 03-09-2009, 08:21 AM   #2
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I always though that NetworkManager had WPA support... are you saying that NetworkManager doesn't work?

Last edited by wsduvall; 03-09-2009 at 08:23 AM.
 
Old 03-09-2009, 08:22 PM   #3
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I used the NetworkManager to specify the SSID, WPA, etc... but it isn't working.
 
Old 03-09-2009, 09:34 PM   #4
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When I used Ubuntu with NetworkManager, I wasn't required to do any external config. I simply picked the wireless network I wanted to connect to from the drop down menu and was prompted for a password. After completing these steps is there any output given at all? It may be a drive issue... what chipset are you using?
 
Old 03-09-2009, 09:54 PM   #5
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well, if net man doesn't work, try something else instead, wicd for instance
 
Old 03-09-2009, 09:59 PM   #6
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Arch linux has a great front end of sorts called netcfg. Its got a really simple config file and its got a simple CLI. I think it might only be on Arch Linux (you should switch! excuse my evangelizing of The Arch Way), but maybe you can get it to work on Ubuntu. Its just a shell script... It supports WPA and WEP too. Heres the wiki page... http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Netcfg
 
  


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