Cannot get WPA to work. Card doesn't support it?

**Matthew87** · 11-03-2007, 11:33 PM

So this laptop has got a 802.11b card, but as I read not all b's support WPA?
I was successful in setting up WEP using KWiFi, not a problem, but when I tried doing WAP KWiFi did some crazy shit, so I went ahead and searched these forums until I found out about wpa_supplicant, my file sort of looks like this:

Code:

ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant

network={
        ssid="test"
        proto=WPA
        key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
        pairwise=CCMP
        group=CCMP
        psk=dead
}

I then try to run using the command wpa_supplicant -c /etc//wpa_supplicant.conf -i eth0 -D wext -dd

I get this crap:

Code:

Initializing interface 'eth0' conf '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' driver 'wext' ctrl_interface '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'
Line: 3 - start of a new network block
ssid - hexdump_ascii(len=5):
     74 69 76 37 34                                    test
proto: 0x1
key_mgmt: 0x2
pairwise: 0x10
group: 0x10
PSK - hexdump(len=32): [REMOVED]
Priority group 0
   id=0 ssid='test'
Initializing interface (2) 'eth0'
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
SIOCGIWRANGE: WE(compiled)=20 WE(source)=14 enc_capa=0x0
  capabilities: key_mgmt 0x0 enc 0x3
Own MAC address: 00:02:2d:85:24:3a
wpa_driver_wext_set_wpa
ioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]: Operation not supported
WEXT auth param 7 value 0x1 - Driver does not support WPA.
wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 key_idx=0 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Operation not supported
Driver did not support SIOCSIWENCODEEXT, trying SIOCSIWENCODE
wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 key_idx=1 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Operation not supported
Driver did not support SIOCSIWENCODEEXT, trying SIOCSIWENCODE
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODE]: Invalid argument
wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 key_idx=2 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Operation not supported
Driver did not support SIOCSIWENCODEEXT, trying SIOCSIWENCODE
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODE]: Invalid argument
wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 key_idx=3 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Operation not supported
Driver did not support SIOCSIWENCODEEXT, trying SIOCSIWENCODE
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODE]: Invalid argument
wpa_driver_wext_set_countermeasures
ioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]: Operation not supported
WEXT auth param 4 value 0x0 - wpa_driver_wext_set_drop_unencrypted
ioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]: Operation not supported
WEXT auth param 5 value 0x1 - Setting scan request: 0 sec 100000 usec
Added interface eth0
Wireless event: cmd=0x8b06 len=8
RTM_NEWLINK, IFLA_IFNAME: Interface 'eth0' added
RTM_NEWLINK, IFLA_IFNAME: Interface 'eth0' added
Wireless event: cmd=0x8b2a len=8
Wireless event: cmd=0x8b15 len=20
Wireless event: new AP: 44:44:44:44:44:44
Added BSSID 00:00:00:00:00:00 into blacklist
State: DISCONNECTED -> DISCONNECTED
EAPOL: External notification - portEnabled=0
EAPOL: External notification - portValid=0
CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys
wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 key_idx=0 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Operation not supported
Driver did not support SIOCSIWENCODEEXT, trying SIOCSIWENCODE
wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 key_idx=1 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Operation not supported
Driver did not support SIOCSIWENCODEEXT, trying SIOCSIWENCODE
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODE]: Invalid argument
wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 key_idx=2 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Operation not supported
Driver did not support SIOCSIWENCODEEXT, trying SIOCSIWENCODE
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODE]: Invalid argument
wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 key_idx=3 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Operation not supported
Driver did not support SIOCSIWENCODEEXT, trying SIOCSIWENCODE
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODE]: Invalid argument
wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 key_idx=0 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Operation not supported
Driver did not support SIOCSIWENCODEEXT, trying SIOCSIWENCODE
Wireless event: cmd=0x8b2a len=8
Wireless event: cmd=0x8b2a len=8
State: DISCONNECTED -> SCANNING
Starting AP scan (broadcast SSID)
Wireless event: cmd=0x8b19 len=8
Received 293 bytes of scan results (4 BSSes)
Scan results: 4
Selecting BSS from priority group 0
0: 00:18:f8:74:87:6c ssid='test' wpa_ie_len=0 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x11
   skip - no WPA/RSN IE
1: 00:18:4d:07:13:f2 ssid='SKY45470' wpa_ie_len=0 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x11
   skip - no WPA/RSN IE
2: 00:14:7f:60:e1:63 ssid='BTHomeHub-4A13' wpa_ie_len=0 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x11
   skip - no WPA/RSN IE
3: 00:17:3f:9f:1e:c4 ssid='random76' wpa_ie_len=0 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x1
   skip - no WPA/RSN IE
No APs found - clear blacklist and try again
Removed BSSID 00:00:00:00:00:00 from blacklist (clear)
Selecting BSS from priority group 0
0: 00:18:f8:74:87:6c ssid='test' wpa_ie_len=0 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x11
   skip - no WPA/RSN IE
1: 00:18:4d:07:13:f2 ssid='SKY45470' wpa_ie_len=0 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x11
   skip - no WPA/RSN IE
2: 00:14:7f:60:e1:63 ssid='BTHomeHub-4A13' wpa_ie_len=0 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x11
   skip - no WPA/RSN IE
3: 00:17:3f:9f:1e:c4 ssid='random76' wpa_ie_len=0 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x1
   skip - no WPA/RSN IE
No suitable AP found.
Setting scan request: 5 sec 0 usec
Starting AP scan (broadcast SSID)
Wireless event: cmd=0x8b19 len=8
Received 141 bytes of scan results (2 BSSes)
Scan results: 2
Selecting BSS from priority group 0
0: 00:18:f8:74:87:6c ssid='test' wpa_ie_len=0 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x11
   skip - no WPA/RSN IE
1: 00:18:4d:07:13:f2 ssid='SKY45470' wpa_ie_len=0 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x11
   skip - no WPA/RSN IE
No suitable AP found.
Setting scan request: 5 sec 0 usec
CTRL-EVENT-TERMINATING - signal 15 received
Removing interface eth0
State: SCANNING -> DISCONNECTED
No keys have been configured - skip key clearing
EAPOL: External notification - portEnabled=0
EAPOL: External notification - portValid=0
wpa_driver_wext_set_wpa
ioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]: Operation not supported
WEXT auth param 7 value 0x0 - Failed to disable WPA in the driver.
wpa_driver_wext_set_drop_unencrypted
ioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]: Operation not supported
WEXT auth param 5 value 0x0 - wpa_driver_wext_set_countermeasures
ioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]: Operation not supported
WEXT auth param 4 value 0x0 - No keys have been configured - skip key clearing
Cancelling scan request

at the "No suitable AP found it just loops and tries to scan again and again, so I kill the process.

And that's what I'm wondering, why is a suitable AP not found when it's right there? Anyways, I think the key lines are:

Code:

wpa_driver_wext_set_wpa
ioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]: Operation not supported
WEXT auth param 7 value 0x1 - Driver does not support WPA.

Does this my card does not support WAP? That would suck ass, but oh well, WEP is still better than nothing.

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