[Voyage-linux] Wireless setup wiki?

[Kim-man 'Punky' TSE]

Hi Ian,

Let me save you out here ;-), and lucky I have one test board running 
wpa_supplicant.

Edit /etc/network/interfaces:
======================
auto ath0
iface ath0 inet dhcp
        madwifi-base wifi0
        wireless-mode Managed
        wireless-channel 11
        wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
======================
This will setup wireless client. And 
/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf setup WPA2 look like this:
======================
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
#eapol_version=1
#ap_scan=1
network={
        ssid="voyage"
        #psk="voyage-wds"
        psk=ce6dcf0cfac9886647d3e0124996aaf40b0f84ddfa99b0ed75fc1d5d66f5d8c3
#    key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
#    proto=WPA
       proto=RSN
#pairwise=CCMP TKIP
#  group=CCMP TKIP
#       scan_ssid=1
}
======================
I will add an entry in README and /etc/network/interfaces.

Regards,
Punky


Ian Holm wrote:
> I tried running 'ifup ath0 -v' and here is output:
>
> voyage:~# ifup ath0 -v
> Configuring interface ath0=ath0 (inet)
> run-parts --verbose  /etc/network/if-pre-up.d
> run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/050madwifi
> ath0
> run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/bridge
> run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/hostap-utils
> run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/hostapd
> run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/ifenslave
> run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/vlan
> run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/wireless-tools
> run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/wpasupplicant
> wpa_supplicant: terminating wpa_supplicant daemon via pidfile 
> /var/run/wpa_supplicant.ath0.pid
> Stopped /sbin/wpa_supplicant (pid 4186).
> wpa_supplicant: removing 
> /lib/init/rw/sendsigs.omit.d/wpa_supplicant.wpa_supplicant.ath0.pid
> wpa_supplicant: using default driver type: wpa-driver wext
> wpa_supplicant: /sbin/wpa_supplicant -B -P 
> /var/run/wpa_supplicant.ath0.pid -i ath0 -D wext -q -f 
> /var/log/wpa_supplicant.ath0.log -c 
> /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf -C /var/run/wpa_supplicant
> Starting /sbin/wpa_supplicant...
> wpa_supplicant: creating sendsigs omission pidfile: 
> /lib/init/rw/sendsigs.omit.d/wpa_supplicant.wpa_supplicant.ath0.pid
> wpa_supplicant: ctrl_interface socket located at 
> /var/run/wpa_supplicant/ath0
>
> pump -i ath0
> Operation failed.
> Failed to bring up ath0.
>
> So after everything i've tried I still don't seem to be any closer. 
> Could it likely be my hardware? Is there another way to do this? Some 
> sort of kernel module I could compile? I'm willing to do anything, I 
> just have to get wireless working soon here for a project I'm working 
> on. I'd be satisfied with a workaround as long as I accomplish 
> connecting to a standard WPA-PSK encrypted wireless router.
>
>
> On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 3:44 PM, Ian Holm <dxbydt at gmail.com 
> <mailto:dxbydt at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     So I tried setting it to managed mode and then running
>     'wpa_supplicant -iath0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
>     -Dwext and it didn't give me the same error as before but it still
>     complains about the link being down. I did 'ip link set ath0 up'
>     and ran wpa_supplicant again but it still failed. I also tried
>     'ifup ath0' and it seems that's the script that's creating the
>     message:
>
>     Operation not permitted
>     Failed bringing up ath0
>
>     Am I missing some kind of step here?
>
>     On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 3:02 PM, Gustin Johnson <gustin at echostar.ca
>     <mailto:gustin at echostar.ca>> wrote:
>
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>         Ian Holm wrote:
>         > I tried running wpa_supplicant without the -Dmadwifi
>         parameter and it
>         > gave me the follwing messages.
>
>         There are other options, like -D wext.
>         >
>         > Why would it try and configure to use managed mode if it's
>         set to Master
>         >
>         Master mode is for APs, you want managed.  Wpa_supplicant is
>         for devices
>         in Managed mode.  Hostap is for master.
>
>         > mode. Here is my interfaces config.
>
>         Ignore this for a little while.
>
>         Try getting it to bind manually using the instructions I
>         previously
>         supplied before messing around in /etc/network/interfaces.
>          This means
>         ignore the ifup/ifdown scripts for now.
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