I tried running 'ifup ath0 -v' and here is output:<br><br>voyage:~# ifup ath0 -v<br>Configuring interface ath0=ath0 (inet)<br>run-parts --verbose /etc/network/if-pre-up.d<br>run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/050madwifi<br>
ath0<br>run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/bridge<br>run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/hostap-utils<br>run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/hostapd<br>run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/ifenslave<br>
run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/vlan<br>run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/wireless-tools<br>run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/wpasupplicant<br>wpa_supplicant: terminating wpa_supplicant daemon via pidfile /var/run/wpa_supplicant.ath0.pid<br>
Stopped /sbin/wpa_supplicant (pid 4186).<br>wpa_supplicant: removing /lib/init/rw/sendsigs.omit.d/wpa_supplicant.wpa_supplicant.ath0.pid<br>wpa_supplicant: using default driver type: wpa-driver wext<br>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<br>
Starting /sbin/wpa_supplicant...<br>wpa_supplicant: creating sendsigs omission pidfile: /lib/init/rw/sendsigs.omit.d/wpa_supplicant.wpa_supplicant.ath0.pid<br>wpa_supplicant: ctrl_interface socket located at /var/run/wpa_supplicant/ath0<br>
<br>pump -i ath0<br>Operation failed.<br>Failed to bring up ath0.<br><br>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.<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 3:44 PM, Ian Holm <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dxbydt@gmail.com">dxbydt@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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: <br>
<br>Operation not permitted<br>Failed bringing up ath0<br><br>Am I missing some kind of step here? <br><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 3:02 PM, Gustin Johnson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gustin@echostar.ca" target="_blank">gustin@echostar.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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> Why would it try and configure to use managed mode if it's set to Master<br>
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</div>Master mode is for APs, you want managed. Wpa_supplicant is for devices<br>
in Managed mode. Hostap is for master.<br>
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> mode. Here is my interfaces config.<br>
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</div>Ignore this for a little while.<br>
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Try getting it to bind manually using the instructions I previously<br>
supplied before messing around in /etc/network/interfaces. This means<br>
ignore the ifup/ifdown scripts for now.<br>
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