[ltp] Problems with ipw3945 & wpa_supplicant (Thinkpad z61m - 9450-HAG)

[Kiko Piris]

On 06/02/2007 at 19:25 +0000, Hamie wrote:

> Has anyone had wpa_supplicant working with an ipw3945 card and WPA encr=
yption?

Yes, I use it on my T60.

> I have a thinkpad z61m, core2Duo 2GB memory. WIth ipw3945 wireless. The=
=20
> ipw3945 software is version 1.1.3 and I'm running vanilla kernel 2.6.19=
.1, on=20
> a gentoo amd64 build.

I=E2=80=99m also running 2.6.19.2 (with swsusp2 patch), but on Debian uns=
table
(i386, btw).

> So... The wpa_supplicant config file just has

My setup is slightly different here, with Debian I don=E2=80=99t use
wpa_supplicant in daemon mode. I just set this in
/etc/network/interfaces

iface eth1 inet dhcp
        wireless_nick   somenick
        wireless_mode   managed
        wpa-driver      wext
        wpa-ssid        myssid
        wpa-psk         the_psk

And debian scripts launch wpa_supplicant for me when the interface comes
up :)

This is what is running:

root@rompetechos # ps -ef | grep -i wpa_supplicant | grep -v grep
root      1948     1  0 20:30 ?        00:00:00 /sbin/wpa_supplicant -B -=
P /var/run/wpa_supplicant.eth1.pid -i eth1 -D wext -C /var/run/wpa_suppli=
cant

> thunderstruck ~ # wpa_supplicant -v
> wpa_supplicant v0.5.7
> Copyright (c) 2003-2006, Jouni Malinen <jkmaline@cc.hut.fi> and contrib=
utors

Debian unstable=E2=80=99s is even older:

# wpa_supplicant -v
wpa_supplicant v0.5.5
Copyright (c) 2003-2006, Jouni Malinen <jkmaline@cc.hut.fi> and contribut=
ors

> Any ideas?

Pearhaps you need to tell wpa_supplicant to use the wireless extensions
driver (-D wext) somewhere in your config files.

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Kiko
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