On Fri, 2007-07-06 at 16:02 -0400, Walt S wrote:
> I got a new Ambicom WL1100C card for my C1000 (Akita) and flashed a
> clean copy of the 20070605 release.
> After much RTFM-ing and Googling, I did the following by downloading
> ipks to my SD card on the desktop then installing them on the Z:
> -installed the hostap utilities
> - installed the prism3_firmware package
> - installed the wireless tools
> -Installed Kismet and necessary libraries
>
> Following the instructions in the prism_3 firmware package i put the
> following in /etc/network/interfaces:
>
> #
> iface wlan0 inet dhcp
> wpa-essid (My ssid)
> psk= ------- (128 characters = 64 hex numbers)
> needs_reset yes
> needs_firmware hostap_fw_load
> # pre-up iwpriv wlan0 reset 1
> # pre-up prism2_srec -r wlan0 /etc/pcmcia/rf010804.hex
>
>
> And created the 2 shell scripts as directed.
>
> I can't get a lease on the access point. At first, I was using
> "wpa-psk" followed by my 128 characters, but it was interpreting that
> as a text passkey and complaining. At least now it is not
> complaining, but it doesn't authenticate. I know the AP is working
> (I'm using it now on the laptop) and have verified the key is correct.
>
> Here's the output from "ifup wlan0"
>
> Card is ready with both PRI and STA firmware images
> WPA: Configuring Interface
> udhcpc (v1.2.1) started
> run-parts: /etc/udhcpc.d/00avahi-autoipd exited with return code 1:
> Success
> Sending discover...
> Sending discover...
> Sending discover...
> No lease, failing.
>
> I'm about out of ideas, have been fighting with this all afternoon.
> Any help would be appreciated!
>
> Walt
>
> P.S.
> I also configured Kismet, and it works fine. This was my #1
> objective so progress is being made.
>
>
Are you connected to the AP? In my case (prism3) this gives:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ wpa_cli status
Selected interface 'wlan0'
bssid=00:ff:ff:47:8c:aa
ssid=TianDiWang
id=1
id_str=detti
pairwise_cipher=TKIP
group_cipher=TKIP
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
wpa_state=COMPLETED
ip_address=192.168.1.111
my setup:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /etc/network/interfaces
#wireless
auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
#except firmware loading 20070522
pre-up iwpriv wlan0 reset 1
pre-up prism2_srec wlan0 -r /etc/hostap/rf010804.hex
# iw-tools v29: power period no more possible. However, power 100us
# gives like saving
wireless_power 100us
# managed mode
#any line 'wpa...' starts wpa_supplicant.
wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
wpa-driver hostap
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=0
eapol_version=1
ap_scan=1
fast_reauth=1
network={
ssid="TianDiWang"
id_str="detti"
proto=WPA
pairwise=TKIP
psk="presharedsecret"
priority=1
}
Frank
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