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From: Alexander Skwar <listen@×××××××××××××××.name>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] wpa_supplicant takes a long time to startup
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2006 06:18:23
Message-Id: 449E2156.3060700@mid.email-server.info
1 Hello.
2
3 I'm using wpa_supplicant-0.5.4 on Gentoo and 0.4.x on Ubuntu Dapper (6.0.6).
4 When I set my /etc/conf.d/net so, that wpa_supplicant is used, I
5 experience a rather long delay before the DHCP packages are sent
6 out. On Ubuntu, I do not see such a long delay, so I don't think
7 that it has something to do with wpa_supplicant in *general*.
8 When I make Gentoo use WEP directly (ie. without the help of wpa_supplicant)
9 I also do not see a delay. I'm using a
10 00:06.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212 802.11abg NIC (rev 01)
11 Wifi card, and thus madwifi; madwifi-ng-0.1531.20060427 to be exact.
12 On Ubuntu, I'm using an older version of madwifi.
13
14 Do other also experience a long (ie. ~30 seconds) delay when
15 starting wpa_supplicant? How can I find out, what's happening
16 during this delay?
17
18
19
20 /etc/conf.d/net:
21 config_ath0=( "dhcp" )
22 dhcpcd_ath0="-t 25"
23 mode_ath0="managed"
24 fallback_ath0=( "192.168.1.60/24" )
25 fallback_route_ath0=( "default via 192.168.1.1" )
26 preferred_aps=( "MeinVerschlossenesNetz" )
27 modules=( "wpa_supplicant" )
28 wpa_supplicant_ath0="-Dmadwifi"
29 wpa_timeout_ath0=60
30
31 /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf:
32 ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
33 ctrl_interface_group=0
34 update_config=1
35 eapol_version=1
36 ap_scan=1
37 fast_reauth=1
38
39 network={
40 ssid="MeinVerschlossenesNetz"
41 psk=bf91a35[...]
42 }
43
44 blob-base64-exampleblob={
45 SGVsbG8gV29ybGQhCg==
46 }
47
48 Thanks,
49
50 Alexander Skwar
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