Comments on: WPA with wpa_supplicant – quick and fun http://blog.computerant.com/2010/02/14/wpa-with-wpa_supplicant-quick-and-dirty/ ComputerAnt Blog Mon, 07 Feb 2011 15:43:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Tony Cygne http://blog.computerant.com/2010/02/14/wpa-with-wpa_supplicant-quick-and-dirty/comment-page-1/#comment-80 Tony Cygne Mon, 17 May 2010 13:29:23 +0000 http://www.ant2ne.com/?p=250#comment-80 No it should not be hex. I can think of a few things that may cause this issue. 1> the ibook only works on WPA1 Personal. Not WPA2 or Enterprise. Be sure your access point is configured for WPA1with TKIP. Did I not mention this anywhere? IDK if that is a hardware or driver limitation. It is just my experience with the iBook. 2> network-manager sometimes gets in the way of wpa_supplicant. Try killing the network-manager processes by typing "killall network-manager" as root, and then run the script. 3> for the iBook and suspend; you have to load and unload your airport module by "typing modprobe -r airport && modprobe -r orinoco" as root before suspend and "modprobe airport" as root after a suspend. I thought I covered this in my slack post, but apparently not. If you check out the ubuntu or debian on the ibook posts it is covered. And I do detail some automation of this process. Sorry for the confusion. No it should not be hex. I can think of a few things that may cause this issue. 1> the ibook only works on WPA1 Personal. Not WPA2 or Enterprise. Be sure your access point is configured for WPA1with TKIP. Did I not mention this anywhere? IDK if that is a hardware or driver limitation. It is just my experience with the iBook. 2> network-manager sometimes gets in the way of wpa_supplicant. Try killing the network-manager processes by typing “killall network-manager” as root, and then run the script. 3> for the iBook and suspend; you have to load and unload your airport module by “typing modprobe -r airport && modprobe -r orinoco” as root before suspend and “modprobe airport” as root after a suspend. I thought I covered this in my slack post, but apparently not. If you check out the ubuntu or debian on the ibook posts it is covered. And I do detail some automation of this process. Sorry for the confusion.

]]> By: cpv70 http://blog.computerant.com/2010/02/14/wpa-with-wpa_supplicant-quick-and-dirty/comment-page-1/#comment-79 cpv70 Sun, 16 May 2010 22:57:46 +0000 http://www.ant2ne.com/?p=250#comment-79 I changed the code to reflect your change by adding the '&' I finally got DHCPDISCOVER ON ETH1 but still no IP association. New message says: Invalid EAPOL-Key Mic -dropping packet Invalid EAPOL-Key Mic when using TPTK - ignoring TPTK Should the psk="MYPASSKEY" be enetered in HEX? Thanks, C I changed the code to reflect your change by adding the ‘&’ I finally got DHCPDISCOVER ON ETH1 but still no IP association.

New message says:
Invalid EAPOL-Key Mic -dropping packet
Invalid EAPOL-Key Mic when using TPTK – ignoring TPTK

Should the psk=”MYPASSKEY” be enetered in HEX?

Thanks,
C

]]> By: Tony Cygne http://blog.computerant.com/2010/02/14/wpa-with-wpa_supplicant-quick-and-dirty/comment-page-1/#comment-77 Tony Cygne Sat, 15 May 2010 19:12:36 +0000 http://www.ant2ne.com/?p=250#comment-77 Hey cpv70: Not to discourage your slackintosh, but if you got the RAM, or can afford the $30.00 to upgrade the RAM, I've got to recommend debian on the iBook G3 as described in my other blog post. It is what i settled on. You may not choose to do the mint stuff, but debian on my 800mhz with 640Mb of RAM is snappy and very enjoyable. The slack does, just work. But it isn't as easy to run. Hey cpv70: Not to discourage your slackintosh, but if you got the RAM, or can afford the $30.00 to upgrade the RAM, I’ve got to recommend debian on the iBook G3 as described in my other blog post. It is what i settled on. You may not choose to do the mint stuff, but debian on my 800mhz with 640Mb of RAM is snappy and very enjoyable. The slack does, just work. But it isn’t as easy to run.

]]> By: Tony Cygne http://blog.computerant.com/2010/02/14/wpa-with-wpa_supplicant-quick-and-dirty/comment-page-1/#comment-76 Tony Cygne Sat, 15 May 2010 19:08:21 +0000 http://www.ant2ne.com/?p=250#comment-76 yeah, i see an error in my script. The following line... wpa_supplicant -ieth1 -Dwext -clocation1.conf Should have an & at the end like... wpa_supplicant -ieth1 -Dwext -clocation1.conf & Without the &, the script hangs at that line waiting for it to complete. Which it will only complete when wpa is disconnected. When it is disconnected, you can't get an IP. the & puts that line into a background process. It then waits 5 seconds with the sleep command, and then gets an IP with the dhclient command. I'll correct the post now. Thanks for catching this. Make that change and try it again. yeah, i see an error in my script. The following line…
wpa_supplicant -ieth1 -Dwext -clocation1.conf
Should have an & at the end like…
wpa_supplicant -ieth1 -Dwext -clocation1.conf &

Without the &, the script hangs at that line waiting for it to complete. Which it will only complete when wpa is disconnected. When it is disconnected, you can’t get an IP. the & puts that line into a background process. It then waits 5 seconds with the sleep command, and then gets an IP with the dhclient command.

I’ll correct the post now. Thanks for catching this. Make that change and try it again.

]]> By: cpv70 http://blog.computerant.com/2010/02/14/wpa-with-wpa_supplicant-quick-and-dirty/comment-page-1/#comment-75 cpv70 Sat, 15 May 2010 18:54:05 +0000 http://www.ant2ne.com/?p=250#comment-75 Tried location1.conf and location1.sc with my iBook G3. My machine recognizes my ESSID and pass. KWiFi shows green, connected ti my wireless network -- up and running, but local IP is unavailable(?) I think the problem is that it won't associate an DHCP address with my wireless. Any ideas? Thanks -CP Tried location1.conf and location1.sc with my iBook G3. My machine recognizes my ESSID and pass. KWiFi shows green, connected ti my wireless network — up and running, but local IP is unavailable(?) I think the problem is that it won’t associate an DHCP address with my wireless. Any ideas? Thanks -CP

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