Re: Connecting to a WPA2 network (was: How to see which SSID I'm connected to, or join one from a group of available SSIDs)

Am Donnerstag, den 11.01.2007, 19:59 -0500 schrieb Kevin:
> Kevin wrote:
> >> To check its hostap use:
> >> hostap_diag wlan0
> > 
> > Thanks for your reply, Tom.  It seems that mine loads the orinoco driver by
> > default too, but I also see hostap modules in the kernel after inserting the
> > card:
> > 
> > Module                  Size  Used by
> > hostap_cs              56596  0
> > hostap                112804  1 hostap_cs
> > ieee80211_crypt         5056  1 hostap
> > orinoco_cs             14884  2
> > orinoco                40180  1 orinoco_cs
> > hermes                  6336  2 orinoco_cs,orinoco
> > 
> > when I do hostap_diag wlan0, I get this:
> > 
> > ioctl[PRISM2_IOCTL_HOSTAPD]: No such device
> > Could not communicate with the kernel driver.
> > 
> > How do I force the use of hostap when orinoco loads by default?
> 
> Though I've been told there is an answer to this FAQ on the wiki, I've been
> unable to access the wiki for a long time now.  It looks like there is a
> transition in progress with the web services, so I'm guessing that's why the
> wiki is down.
> 
> Philipp wrote that the answer is: ipkg remove -recursive *orinoco*, but I
> have packages dependencies that rely on orinoco that I don't understand well
> enough to want to remove them or break the dependencies right now.
> 
> But anyway, I seem to have figured this out on my own.  I ejected the card
> using Opie tools, physically removed the card, removed all these modules
> (above), then did a modprobe hostap_cs, and then re-inserted the card.  I
> noticed that only hostap and ieee80211_crypt were loaded automatically
> (simultaneous with hostap_cs) this way (no modules loaded automatically on
> physical card insert this time), and I now see wlan0 in dmesg, and it looks
> like (from hostap_diag wlan0) I have a PRISM III card.  Output is:
> 
> NICID: id=0x.... v1.0.0 (PRISM III PCMCIA (SST parallel flash))
> PRIID: id=0x.... v1.1.1
> STAID: id=0x.... v1.8.0 (station firmware)

This is the same thing I did before "ipkg remove -recursive *orinoco*".
But this is, as you already know, only a temporary solution :( I looked
into the /etc/pcmcia (iirc) directory too, but couldn't figure out what
was wrong. So I was satisfied with the ipkg solution although it is
certainly not the optimal solution.
> 
> So the next question is: How do I upgrade the firmware?  I for one would
> have welcomed that digression in your post, Tom, but I'm afraid I don't know
> what you mean by "temp ram download."  Or maybe I don't need to upgrade with
> a PRISM III card?
> 
> And the last question: I have no need for WEP, but would you mind sharing
> some of the non-sensitive details from your wpa_supplicant.conf file, Tom?
> For more than a week now, I've been working on getting my 3200 connected to
> my WPA2 (Radius) network (which I've successfully connected all sorts of
> other devices to (WiFi VoIP phone, Windows, and Mac computers), but haven't
> yet connected to it using Linux, so I'm not very familiar with
> wpa_supplicant yet.  I know I can connect to open WiFi networks, but WPA2
> configuration with wpa_supplicant is escaping me despite much reading and
> many attempts.
> 
> Thanks again, Tom.
> 
> -Kevin
> 

I have an openwrt router and use my Zaurus to connect via WPA2+Radius,
too, so I can at least give you my wpa_supplicant.conf file:

--------------------------------------------------------------
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant_own
ctrl_interface_group=adm

network={
        ssid="swifi"
        scan_ssid=1
        key_mgmt=WPA-EAP
        pairwise=CCMP TKIP
        group=CCMP TKIP
        eap=TLS
        identity="Philipp Sieweck"
        ca_cert=".../demoCA/cacert.pem"
        client_cert=".../lan/psi-cert.pem"
        private_key=".../lan/psi-key.pem"
        private_key_passwd="XXX"
}
---------------------------------------------------------------

Hope this helps.

Philipp


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