Hi Simon,
Simon Wunderlich <s...@simonwunderlich.de> writes:
> Hey Dirk,
>
>> No need for censorship, I did some quick tests and stripped down my
>> wpa_supplicant.conf to a single entry. With this configuration I get a
>> lot of traces:
>>
>> ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
>> eapol_version=1
>> ap_scan=1
>> fast_reauth=1
>>
>> network={
>> frequency=2412
>> group=TKIP
>> key_mgmt=NONE
>> mode=1
>> pairwise=NONE
>> ssid="Nokia_n9"
>> }
>>
>> I will also attach a dmesg output of my tests.
>>
>> > * your wpa_supplicant command line parameters when running
>>
>> It is running with a wpa_cli like this:
>>
>> /usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf \
>> -W -B -i wlp4s0 -P /var/run/wpa_supplicant-wlp4s0.pid
>> /usr/bin/wpa_cli -a /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_cli.sh \
>> -p /var/run/wpa_supplicant -i wlp4s0 -P /var/run/wpa_cli-wlp4s0.pid -B
>>
>
> Thanks a lot for this, I could reproduce the issue and fix it, will send the
> fix
> in a minute - please try and report back.
thanks a lot, will send my test result immediately.
> Just two notes on your setup in case you are interested:
Yes, I am interested - I was just afraid to ask, because I didn't want
to cause too much noise with probably trivial problems ;-)
> * Your wpa-supplicant setup looks a little like an old WPA-NONE setup, but
> this is not supported anymore and will not encrypt your messages. Please have
> a look at IBSS/RSN if you want encryption.
Yes, I very rarely use that connection and always have in mind that it
is unencrypted. I will have a look at this but expect the mobile phone
side to be the hard one to get it to offer reliable encryption.
> * Your wpa_supplicant uses the old wext interface to the kernel. This is
> deprecated, it would better to use the (not so) new nl80211 interface
> instead.
> You will also get goodies such as 802.11n rates in ad-hoc mode if your
> hardware supports it. :)
Thats good to know, I will change my setup accordingly.
Thanks again for your help,
Dirk
> Thanks again for reporting,
> Simon
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