Re: IPW2100 not able to associate using WPA

On Sun, 2006-12-03 at 22:02 +0100, Michael Bode wrote:
> Hi,
>  
> I have no luck with using ipw2100 and WPA.
> 
> Hardware: Thinkpad R51 with Intel 2100 WLAN
> AP: Siemens Gigaset SE515
> 
> OS: Ubuntu 6.06, 6.10 and Suse 10.1
> 
> WEP works fine, 99% signal level.
> 
> When trying to connect with WPA I get the following log messages:
> 
> [17180549.772000] ipw2100: Fatal interrupt. Scheduling firmware restart.
> [17180560.632000] ipw2100: Fatal interrupt. Scheduling firmware restart.
> [17180562.984000] ipw2100: Fatal interrupt. Scheduling firmware restart.
> 
> wpa_supplicant is called like that:
> 
> wpa_supplicant -dd -Dwext -ieth1 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
> 
> and /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf looks like that:
> 
> ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
> network={
>         ssid="proton"
>         scan_ssid=1
>         proto=WPA
>         key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
>         pairwise=CCMP TKIP
>         group=CCMP TKIP
>         #psk="thisisthepassword"
>         psk=b5108a57f40849d329b564f837d5898ec7ccb6a4ede7e1b5ddece8d1c5f23571
>         priority=5
> }
> 
> iwlist s says this:
> 
> eth1      Scan completed :
>           Cell 01 - Address: 00:01:E3:0D:22:9A
>                     ESSID:"proton"
>                     Protocol:IEEE 802.11b
>                     Mode:Master
>                     Channel:9
>                     Encryption key:on
>                     Bit Rates:11 Mb/s
>                     Extra: Rates (Mb/s): 1 2 5.5 11
>                     Quality:46  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
>                     IE: WPA Version 1
>                         Group Cipher : TKIP
>                         Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
>                         Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
>                     Extra: Last beacon: 884ms ago
> 
> 
> 
> and the interesting part of wpa_supplicant's output is this:
> 
> State: DISCONNECTED -> SCANNING
> Starting AP scan (specific SSID)
> Scan SSID - hexdump_ascii(len=6):
>      70 72 6f 74 6f 6e                                 proton
> Scan timeout - try to get results
> Received 204 bytes of scan results (1 BSSes)
> Scan results: 1
> Selecting BSS from priority group 5
> 0: 00:01:e3:0d:22:9a ssid='proton' wpa_ie_len=28 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x11
>    selected based on WPA IE
> Trying to associate with 00:01:e3:0d:22:9a (SSID='proton' freq=0 MHz)
> Cancelling scan request
> WPA: clearing own WPA/RSN IE
> Automatic auth_alg selection: 0x1
> WPA: using IEEE 802.11i/D3.0
> WPA: Selected cipher suites: group 8 pairwise 24 key_mgmt 2
> WPA: set AP WPA IE - hexdump(len=28): dd 1a 00 50 f2 01 01 00 00 50 f2 02 02 00 00 50 f2 04 00 50 f2 02 01 00 00 50 f2 02
> WPA: clearing AP RSN IE
> WPA: using GTK TKIP
> WPA: using PTK CCMP
> WPA: using KEY_MGMT WPA-PSK
> WPA: Set own WPA IE default - hexdump(len=24): dd 16 00 50 f2 01 01 00 00 50 f2 02 01 00 00 50 f2 04 01 00 00 50 f2 02
> No keys have been configured - skip key clearing
> wpa_driver_wext_set_drop_unencrypted
> State: SCANNING -> ASSOCIATING
> wpa_driver_wext_associate
> Setting authentication timeout: 10 sec 0 usec
> EAPOL: External notification - EAP success=0
> EAPOL: External notification - EAP fail=0
> EAPOL: External notification - portControl=Auto
> Wireless event: cmd=0x8b06 len=8
> Wireless event: cmd=0x8b1a len=15
> Wireless event: cmd=0x8b15 len=20
> Wireless event: new AP: 00:00:00:00:00:00
> Added BSSID 00:00:00:00:00:00 into blacklist
> State: ASSOCIATING -> DISCONNECTED

Which version of ipw2100 driver and ieee80211 are you using? Can you try
setting your AP to use TKIP (or CCMP) for both PTK and GTK?

Thanks,
-yi

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