[Voyage-linux] Using WPA-PSK with voyage 0.2 and Atheros chipset(s)

[Robin Levett]

My WAP hardware is:-

Soekris 4521-30 with a Gigabyte GN-WIAG01 mini-PCI card (Atheros 5212
(5004XR) chipset).

I have installed Voyage 0.2 with the latest (from the 0.2 repository)
versions of madwifi and hostapd.

I am connecting from a ThinkPad A22m running Win98SE using a Netgear WG511T
PC Card using the Netgear 3.30-156 drivers (ie the latest version available
for 98SE).

I have set up the Soekris using madwifi-ng as a transparent bridge from the
GN-WIAG01 (as ath0) to eth0; and I can connect to it from the laptop and use
it as a WAP - but with no security at all.

I am unable to persuade hostapd to use WPA-PSK security.  I have set the
hostapd.conf file up in a number of ways (all using a separate wpa_psk
file).  When I run "hostapd -dd /etc/hostapd.conf", it seems to work up to a
point.  When the Netgear wizard on the laptop scans, however, it sees it as
using WEP security, but cannot connect to it.  The attempt sets off a
continual cycle of attempted handshakes that all terminate at stage 1/4.

I have tried so many different variations of the hostapd.conf file that it
isn't funny (and putting them all in this post would extend it more than
somewhat) so i'd just like to approach it from the other end:-

1	Is it possible to run WPA-PSK on my Soekris using Voyage 0.2?
2	If someone has managed it, could they post their hostapd.conf file?
3	If not, will upgrading to 0.3-pre2 fix the problem?
4	Is there an effective way of recompiling either madwifi or hostapd?

Thanks in advance for any help available.

Robin Levett

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