[Voyage-linux] Connecting to an AP with Atheros card and WPA2

[Kim-man 'Punky' TSE]

Hi Jakub,

Try in the simple one first, in /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf:
network={
         ssid="my_AP_ssid"
         psk=my_key_generated_by_wpa_passphrase
         proto=RSN
}

My console always has "ath0: unknown SIOCSIWAUTH flag 12 " has this 
printed out, but should consider no harm at this moment.

- Punky

On 7/1/2010 4:06 AM, Jakub Velimsky wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> this is a beginner's question, so please be patient with me. I am 
> using Voyage linux 0.6.5 on an Alix.3 board with an Atheros card. I'd 
> like to simply connect to my home AP (an Asus wireles router) with 
> WPA2. Here follows some relevant info:
>
> lspci -v:
> Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5413 802.11abg NIC ()
>         Subsystem: Wistron NeWeb Corp. DCMA-82 High Power WLAN 
> 802.11a/b/g mini)
>         Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 96, IRQ 9
>         Memory at e0040000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
>         Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
>         Kernel driver in use: ath_pci
>         Kernel modules: ath5k, ath_pci
>
> /etc/network/interfaces:
> auto ath0
> iface ath0 inet dhcp
>         madwifi-base wifi0
>         wireless-mode managed
>         wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
>
> /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf:
> network={
>         ssid="my_AP_ssid"
>         psk=my_key_generated_by_wpa_passphrase
>         proto=RSN
>         key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
>         pairwise=CCMP TKIP
>         group=CCMP TKIP
> }
>
> lsmod | grep ath:
> ath_rate_minstrel      11812  1
> ath_pci               185244  0
> wlan                  184544  4 wlan_scan_sta,ath_rate_minstrel,ath_pci
> ath_hal               320500  3 ath_rate_minstrel,ath_pci
>
> I am getting only repeated message on the serial console and in 
> /var/log/messages:
> ath0: unknown SIOCSIWAUTH flag 12
> and no connection to the AP. What am I doing wrong?
>
> Thanks for any help,
>
> Jakub
>
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Regards,
Punky

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