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

[Robin Levett]

Punky

This page, however:-

http://kbserver.netgear.com/kb_web_files/n101190.asp

suggests otherwise!

I'll try the wpa_supplicant alternative when I get back tonight.

Regards

Robin

Kim-man 'Punky' Tse said:
> Hi Robin,
> 
> Not sure if I am wrong, but I wonder WPA is supported in Win98SE.  
> Looking at the netgear support/download page, and it seems that you need 
> a additional FUNK software for the supplicant. 
> 
> http://kbserver.netgear.com/release_notes/d102163.asp
> 
> Or should you use wpa_supplicant for windows?
> 
> http://hostap.epitest.fi/releases/wpa_supplicant-windows-bin-0.5.6.zip
> 
> Regards,
> Punky
> 
> Robin Levett wrote:
> > Punky
> >
> > My wpa_psk file is of the form:-
> >
> > 00:00:00:00:00:00 [63 hex characters]
> >
> > and was created by:- 
> >
> > "wpa_passphrase myssid password > /etc/hostapd/wpa_psk"" 
> >
> > and then editing the resultant file to add the leading 00:... and remove 
> > everything else.  I have checked that I didn't accidentally change the 
output 
> > by running the command again (without the redirect) and comparing the 
output 
> > with what's in the file, and it all seems to match.
> >
> > I haven't tested with the 63 hex characters actually in the hostapd.conf 
> > file...but will have a go this evening when I return from work.
> >
> > Thanks again
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Robin
> >
> > Kim-man 'Punky' Tse said:
> >   
> >> Hi Robin,
> >>
> >> The debug message shows the authentication failed at very early stage. 
> >>
> >> Last hope:  Are you sure you set the right things in wpa_psk_file?  I 
> >> would suggest that you test with wpa_passphrase parameter first, didn't 
you?
> >>
> >> for wpa_psk_file, you can see the example in:
> >>
> >>     
> > 
http://hostap.epitest.fi/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/hostap/hostapd/hostapd.wpa_psk?rev=1.1&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup
> >   
> >> Regards,
> >> Punky
> >>     
> >
> > <long debug outputs etc snipped>
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