wpa_supplicant "no suitable AP found."

fatblueduck · 07-25-2005, 07:36 PM

I cannot connect to any APs. I can connect with WinXP, but not with linux and wpa_supplicant.
My school is broadcasting across the street from me, and my neighbor says that he is broadcasting un-secure internet from his apartment. I cannot connect to any of the APs though.

I've been starting wpa_supplicant with this command.

Code:

wpa_supplicant -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -Dmadwifi -iath0 -dd

wpa_supplicant scans for APs and lists about 6 of them, but it says that no suitable AP is found and it rescans endlessly. How do I connect to these APs?

my wpa_supplicant.conf currently looks like this

Code:

ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=0
eapol_version=1
ap_scan=1

network={
        scan_ssid=1
#       ssid="05B405327374"
#       ssid="05B401935957"
#       ssid="05B404078509"
#       ssid="04B412646099"
#       ssid="04B412739203"
#       ssid="default"
#       ssid="05B405327374"
#       ssid="05B401089421"
        ssid="Network"
        key_mgmt=NONE
#       pairwise=NONE
        priority=1
}

the ssids that are commented out are the ssids that are listed in the AP scan. I have tried using each of them as the ssid in my .conf file, but that has not helped me either.

****edit
in case it is important, here are the results when I run wpa_supplicant

Code:

Setting scan request: 5 sec 0 usec
EAPOL: Port Timers tick - authWhile=0 heldWhile=0 startWhen=0 idleWhile=0
EAPOL: Port Timers tick - authWhile=0 heldWhile=0 startWhen=0 idleWhile=0
EAPOL: Port Timers tick - authWhile=0 heldWhile=0 startWhen=0 idleWhile=0
EAPOL: Port Timers tick - authWhile=0 heldWhile=0 startWhen=0 idleWhile=0
EAPOL: Port Timers tick - authWhile=0 heldWhile=0 startWhen=0 idleWhile=0
Starting AP scan (broadcast SSID)
Wireless event: cmd=0x8b1a len=12
EAPOL: Port Timers tick - authWhile=0 heldWhile=0 startWhen=0 idleWhile=0
EAPOL: Port Timers tick - authWhile=0 heldWhile=0 startWhen=0 idleWhile=0
EAPOL: Port Timers tick - authWhile=0 heldWhile=0 startWhen=0 idleWhile=0
EAPOL: Port Timers tick - authWhile=0 heldWhile=0 startWhen=0 idleWhile=0
EAPOL: Port Timers tick - authWhile=0 heldWhile=0 startWhen=0 idleWhile=0
EAPOL: Port Timers tick - authWhile=0 heldWhile=0 startWhen=0 idleWhile=0
Wireless event: cmd=0x8b19 len=12
Received 997 bytes of scan results (5 BSSes)
Scan results: 5
Selecting BSS from priority group 0
0: 00:e0:98:d6:0b:e1 ssid='04B412646099' wpa_ie_len=0 rsn_ie_len=0
   skip - no WPA/RSN IE
1: 00:e0:98:f1:35:e0 ssid='05B404078509' wpa_ie_len=0 rsn_ie_len=0
   skip - no WPA/RSN IE
2: 00:e0:98:da:d2:d2 ssid='04B412739203' wpa_ie_len=0 rsn_ie_len=0
   skip - no WPA/RSN IE
3: 00:05:5d:ec:39:ee ssid='default' wpa_ie_len=0 rsn_ie_len=0
   skip - no WPA/RSN IE
4: 00:e0:98:f1:3d:2a ssid='05B404138848' wpa_ie_len=0 rsn_ie_len=0
   skip - no WPA/RSN IE
No suitable AP found.