On 2007-10-25, Martin Marcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2007/10/25, Tyler Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Hi, >> >> I'm trying to set myself up on my University's wireless network. I can >> successfully connect to my home wireless using: > > in /etc/network/interfaces my eth0 looks like this: > > iface eth0 inet dhcp > wpa-driver wext > wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf > > this make ifup and ifdown work "as expected" - bring up wpa_supplicant > and then the interface. >
Ok, i've tried fixing my interfaces file and using ifup, and also changing ssid=any or ssid="any" in my wpa_supplicant.conf file. I've appended the relevant output below. I suspect the problem might be a hidden ssid, as Andrew suggested. When I use WinXP on this same laptop, I get connected automatically to ssid SMU_PUBLIC. However, this ssid does not show up when I run iwlist ath0 scanning (output pasted below). I will look into impriv, as suggested by the other Adrian. Any other suggestions? Thanks for your time, Tyler available access points: +---------------------------------------------------------------+ root:rworkingdirectory# iwlist ath0 scanning ath0 Scan completed : Cell 01 - Address: 00:16:C7:DC:00:E0 ESSID:"" Mode:Master Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1) Quality=16/94 Signal level=-79 dBm Noise level=-95 dBm Encryption key:off Bit Rates:2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s 54 Mb/s Extra:bcn_int=98 Extra:wme_ie=dd180050f2020101830003a4000027a4000042435e0062322f00 Cell 02 - Address: 00:16:C7:DB:E8:E0 ESSID:"" Mode:Master Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6) Quality=26/94 Signal level=-69 dBm Noise level=-95 dBm Encryption key:off Bit Rates:2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s 54 Mb/s Extra:bcn_int=99 Extra:wme_ie=dd180050f2020101830003a4000027a4000042435e0062322f00 Cell 03 - Address: 00:16:C7:DC:00:A0 ESSID:"" Mode:Master Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11) Quality=6/94 Signal level=-89 dBm Noise level=-95 dBm Encryption key:off Bit Rates:2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s 54 Mb/s Extra:bcn_int=99 Extra:wme_ie=dd180050f2020101830003a4000027a4000042435e0062322f00 Cell 04 - Address: 00:16:C7:DB:F9:C0 ESSID:"" Mode:Master Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11) Quality=8/94 Signal level=-87 dBm Noise level=-95 dBm Encryption key:off Bit Rates:2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s 54 Mb/s Extra:bcn_int=99 Extra:wme_ie=dd180050f2020101830003a4000027a4000042435e0062322f00 Cell 05 - Address: FA:15:D3:9B:3B:D7 ESSID:"One Zone_High Speed Internet" Mode:Ad-Hoc Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11) Quality=3/94 Signal level=-92 dBm Noise level=-95 dBm Encryption key:off Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s Extra:bcn_int=100 Cell 06 - Address: 00:16:C7:DB:E8:E1 ESSID:"" Mode:Master Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6) Quality=33/94 Signal level=-62 dBm Noise level=-95 dBm Encryption key:on Bit Rates:2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s 54 Mb/s Extra:bcn_int=99 IE: WPA Version 1 Group Cipher : TKIP Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP Authentication Suites (1) : 802.1x Extra:wme_ie=dd180050f2020101830003a4000027a4000042435e0062322f00 Cell 07 - Address: 00:16:C7:DC:00:E1 ESSID:"" Mode:Master Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1) Quality=8/94 Signal level=-87 dBm Noise level=-95 dBm Encryption key:on Bit Rates:2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s 54 Mb/s Extra:bcn_int=98 IE: WPA Version 1 Group Cipher : TKIP Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP Authentication Suites (1) : 802.1x Extra:wme_ie=dd180050f2020101830003a4000027a4000042435e0062322f00 Cell 08 - Address: 00:16:C7:DC:00:A1 ESSID:"" Mode:Master Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11) Quality=7/94 Signal level=-88 dBm Noise level=-95 dBm Encryption key:on Bit Rates:2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s 54 Mb/s Extra:bcn_int=99 IE: WPA Version 1 Group Cipher : TKIP Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP Authentication Suites (1) : 802.1x Extra:wme_ie=dd180050f2020101830003a4000027a4000042435e0062322f00 +---------------------------------------------------------------+ My interfaces file is now as follows (comments stripped): v---------------------------------------------------------------v auto lo iface lo inet loopback mapping eth0 script grep map eth0 allow-hotplug eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp iface ath0 inet dhcp wpa-driver wext wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf ^---------------------------------------------------------------^ ifup ath0 produces the following: v---------------------------------------------------------------v ifup ath0 Continuing at ath0,if-pre-up Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.6 Copyright 2004-2007 Internet Systems Consortium. All rights reserved. For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/ wifi0: unknown hardware address type 801 wifi0: unknown hardware address type 801 Listening on LPF/ath0/00:16:cf:1d:c9:e4 Sending on LPF/ath0/00:16:cf:1d:c9:e4 Sending on Socket/fallback DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3 DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8 DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 15 DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 12 DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 14 DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 9 No DHCPOFFERS received. No working leases in persistent database - sleeping. Stopping the Firestarter firewall.... Starting the Firestarter firewall... failed! run-parts: /etc/network/if-up.d/50firestarter exited with return code 2 ^---------------------------------------------------------------^ unsnipped output of wpa_supplicant: v------------------------------------------------------------v wpa_supplicant -iath0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -d Initializing interface 'ath0' conf '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' driver 'default' ctrl_interface 'N/A' bridge 'N/A' Configuration file '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' -> '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' Reading configuration file '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' ctrl_interface='/var/run/wpa_supplicant' ctrl_interface_group='tyler' (DEPRECATED) Line 12: removed CCMP from group cipher list since it was not allowed for pairwise cipher Priority group 0 id=0 ssid='SMU_PUBLIC' Initializing interface (2) 'ath0' EAPOL: SUPP_PAE entering state DISCONNECTED EAPOL: KEY_RX entering state NO_KEY_RECEIVE EAPOL: SUPP_BE entering state INITIALIZE EAP: EAP entering state DISABLED EAPOL: External notification - portEnabled=0 EAPOL: External notification - portValid=0 Interface ath0 set UP - waiting a second for the driver to complete initialization SIOCGIWRANGE: WE(compiled)=20 WE(source)=13 enc_capa=0xf capabilities: key_mgmt 0xf enc 0xf WEXT: Operstate: linkmode=1, operstate=5 Own MAC address: 00:16:cf:1d:c9:e4 wpa_driver_wext_set_wpa wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 key_idx=0 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0 wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 key_idx=1 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0 wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 key_idx=2 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0 wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 key_idx=3 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0 wpa_driver_wext_set_countermeasures wpa_driver_wext_set_drop_unencrypted RSN: flushing PMKID list in the driver Setting scan request: 0 sec 100000 usec ctrl_interface_group=1000 (from group name 'tyler') Added interface ath0 Ignore event for foreign ifindex 22 RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=0 ifi_flags=0x11043 ([UP][RUNNING][LOWER_UP]) RTM_NEWLINK, IFLA_IFNAME: Interface 'ath0' added RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=0 ifi_flags=0x11043 ([UP][RUNNING][LOWER_UP]) RTM_NEWLINK, IFLA_IFNAME: Interface 'ath0' added RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=0 ifi_flags=0x11043 ([UP][RUNNING][LOWER_UP]) Wireless event: cmd=0x8b06 len=8 RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=0 ifi_flags=0x11003 ([UP][LOWER_UP]) RTM_NEWLINK, IFLA_IFNAME: Interface 'ath0' added State: DISCONNECTED -> SCANNING Starting AP scan (broadcast SSID) Trying to get current scan results first without requesting a new scan to speed up initial association Received 1256 bytes of scan results (5 BSSes) Scan results: 5 Selecting BSS from priority group 0 Try to find WPA-enabled AP 0: 00:16:c7:dc:00:e1 ssid='' wpa_ie_len=26 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x11 skip - SSID mismatch 1: 00:16:c7:dc:00:a1 ssid='' wpa_ie_len=26 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x11 skip - SSID mismatch 2: 00:16:c7:db:e8:e0 ssid='' wpa_ie_len=0 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x1 skip - no WPA/RSN IE 3: 00:16:c7:dc:00:e0 ssid='' wpa_ie_len=0 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x1 skip - no WPA/RSN IE 4: 02:13:e8:00:00:7c ssid='NONE' wpa_ie_len=0 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x2 skip - no WPA/RSN IE Try to find non-WPA AP 0: 00:16:c7:dc:00:e1 ssid='' wpa_ie_len=26 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x11 skip - SSID mismatch 1: 00:16:c7:dc:00:a1 ssid='' wpa_ie_len=26 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x11 skip - SSID mismatch 2: 00:16:c7:db:e8:e0 ssid='' wpa_ie_len=0 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x1 skip - SSID mismatch 3: 00:16:c7:dc:00:e0 ssid='' wpa_ie_len=0 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x1 skip - SSID mismatch 4: 02:13:e8:00:00:7c ssid='NONE' wpa_ie_len=0 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x2 skip - SSID mismatch No suitable AP found. Setting scan request: 0 sec 0 usec Starting AP scan (broadcast SSID) Scan timeout - try to get results Received 1774 bytes of scan results (7 BSSes) Scan results: 7 Selecting BSS from priority group 0 Try to find WPA-enabled AP 0: 00:16:c7:db:e8:e1 ssid='' wpa_ie_len=26 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x11 skip - SSID mismatch 1: 00:16:c7:dc:00:e1 ssid='' wpa_ie_len=26 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x11 skip - SSID mismatch 2: 00:16:c7:dc:00:a1 ssid='' wpa_ie_len=26 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x11 skip - SSID mismatch 3: 00:16:c7:db:e8:e0 ssid='' wpa_ie_len=0 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x1 skip - no WPA/RSN IE 4: 00:16:c7:dc:00:e0 ssid='' wpa_ie_len=0 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x1 skip - no WPA/RSN IE 5: 00:16:c7:dc:00:a0 ssid='' wpa_ie_len=0 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x1 skip - no WPA/RSN IE 6: 02:13:e8:00:00:7c ssid='NONE' wpa_ie_len=0 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x2 skip - no WPA/RSN IE Try to find non-WPA AP 0: 00:16:c7:db:e8:e1 ssid='' wpa_ie_len=26 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x11 skip - SSID mismatch 1: 00:16:c7:dc:00:e1 ssid='' wpa_ie_len=26 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x11 skip - SSID mismatch 2: 00:16:c7:dc:00:a1 ssid='' wpa_ie_len=26 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x11 skip - SSID mismatch 3: 00:16:c7:db:e8:e0 ssid='' wpa_ie_len=0 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x1 skip - SSID mismatch 4: 00:16:c7:dc:00:e0 ssid='' wpa_ie_len=0 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x1 skip - SSID mismatch 5: 00:16:c7:dc:00:a0 ssid='' wpa_ie_len=0 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x1 skip - SSID mismatch 6: 02:13:e8:00:00:7c ssid='NONE' wpa_ie_len=0 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x2 skip - SSID mismatch No suitable AP found. Setting scan request: 5 sec 0 usec Starting AP scan (broadcast SSID) Scan timeout - try to get results Received 2061 bytes of scan results (9 BSSes) Scan results: 9 Selecting BSS from priority group 0 Try to find WPA-enabled AP 0: 00:16:c7:db:e8:e1 ssid='' wpa_ie_len=26 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x11 skip - SSID mismatch 1: 00:16:c7:dc:00:e1 ssid='' wpa_ie_len=26 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x11 skip - SSID mismatch 2: 00:16:c7:dc:00:a1 ssid='' wpa_ie_len=26 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x11 skip - SSID mismatch 3: 00:16:c7:db:e8:e0 ssid='' wpa_ie_len=0 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x1 skip - no WPA/RSN IE 4: 00:16:c7:dc:00:e0 ssid='' wpa_ie_len=0 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x1 skip - no WPA/RSN IE 5: 00:16:c7:dc:00:a0 ssid='' wpa_ie_len=0 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x1 skip - no WPA/RSN IE 6: 02:18:de:0e:28:13 ssid='Internet Oasis (FREE)' wpa_ie_len=0 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x2 skip - no WPA/RSN IE 7: 02:13:e8:00:00:7c ssid='NONE' wpa_ie_len=0 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x2 skip - no WPA/RSN IE 8: fa:15:d3:9b:3b:d7 ssid='One Zone_High Speed Internet' wpa_ie_len=0 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x2 skip - no WPA/RSN IE Try to find non-WPA AP 0: 00:16:c7:db:e8:e1 ssid='' wpa_ie_len=26 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x11 skip - SSID mismatch 1: 00:16:c7:dc:00:e1 ssid='' wpa_ie_len=26 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x11 skip - SSID mismatch 2: 00:16:c7:dc:00:a1 ssid='' wpa_ie_len=26 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x11 skip - SSID mismatch 3: 00:16:c7:db:e8:e0 ssid='' wpa_ie_len=0 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x1 skip - SSID mismatch 4: 00:16:c7:dc:00:e0 ssid='' wpa_ie_len=0 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x1 skip - SSID mismatch 5: 00:16:c7:dc:00:a0 ssid='' wpa_ie_len=0 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x1 skip - SSID mismatch 6: 02:18:de:0e:28:13 ssid='Internet Oasis (FREE)' wpa_ie_len=0 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x2 skip - SSID mismatch 7: 02:13:e8:00:00:7c ssid='NONE' wpa_ie_len=0 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x2 skip - SSID mismatch 8: fa:15:d3:9b:3b:d7 ssid='One Zone_High Speed Internet' wpa_ie_len=0 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x2 skip - SSID mismatch No suitable AP found. Setting scan request: 5 sec 0 usec Starting AP scan (broadcast SSID) C-c C-cCTRL-EVENT-TERMINATING - signal 2 received Removing interface ath0 State: SCANNING -> DISCONNECTED wpa_driver_wext_set_operstate: operstate 0->0 (DORMANT) WEXT: Operstate: linkmode=-1, operstate=5 No keys have been configured - skip key clearing EAPOL: External notification - portEnabled=0 EAPOL: External notification - portValid=0 wpa_driver_wext_set_wpa wpa_driver_wext_set_drop_unencrypted wpa_driver_wext_set_countermeasures No keys have been configured - skip key clearing Cancelling scan request Cancelling authentication timeout WEXT: Operstate: linkmode=0, operstate=6 ^--------------------------------------------------------^ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]