atheros access point authmode wep problem

/y0shi · 04-13-2008, 02:17 PM

I have three Slackware 12.0 boxes, two with atheros pcmcia cards and one with a ipw220 mini-pci chip.

One of the atheros boxes is the access point, created with:

Code:

/usr/bin/wlanconfig ${INTERFACE} destroy
/usr/bin/wlanconfig ${INTERFACE} create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode ap
/sbin/ifconfig ${INTERFACE} ${IPADDR} broadcast ${BROADCAST} netmask ${NETMASK}
/sbin/iwconfig ${INTERFACE} essid ${ESSID} key ${KEY}
/sbin/iwpriv ${INTERFACE} authmode 1
/sbin/ifconfig ${INTERFACE} ${IPADDR} up

This works perfectly with the other atheros box as a client, but not with the ipw2200 box as a client. If I change the authmode from 1 to 2 it is working for the ipw2200 but not for the atheros box.

This should have been just a test in order to proceed with openvpn, but since even this is not working I'm confused. At least why is the atheros pcmcia card not working with authmode 2?

Does someone has experience with setting up access points on linux?
I appreciate any help - thanks in advance ...

/y0shi · 04-15-2008, 04:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by /y0shi

At least why is the atheros pcmcia card not working with authmode 2?

Allright I allways tried to use the ipw2200 card with authmode 1 but it doesn't understand the command

Code:

# iwpriv authmode 1

But the atheros card does. So if I force the atheros card (as the client) to use authmode 2 it works. My /etc/rc.d/rc.wireless.conf looks like that now (on the atheros client):

PHP Code:



*) 
        INFO="connecting to Node" 
        ESSID="Node" 
        CHANNEL="1" 
        MODE="Managed" 
        RATE="auto" 
        KEY="<random>" 
        IWPRIV="authmode 2" 
;;

It looks the same on the ipw2200 client but without the IWPRIV option ...