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From: Ted Ozolins <ted1@×××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] WPA with wireless-tools
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 04:07:18
Message-Id: 453D74DE.3010901@telus.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] WPA with wireless-tools by Grant
1 Grant wrote:
2
3 > I've been using wpa_supplicant to connect to my Gentoo router, and I'm
4 > wondering if I can use wireless-tools instead. I have the following
5 > /etc/conf.d/net:
6 >
7 > config_ath0="192.168.0.2 broadcast 192.168.0.255 netmask 255.255.255.0"
8 > routes_ath0="default via 192.168.0.1"
9 > essid_ath0="mynetwork"
10 > channel_ath0="11"
11 > iwpriv_ath0=( "wpa 1" )
12 > key_mynetwork="s:mykey"
13 >
14 > /etc/init.d/net.ath0 returns no errors, has all the right output, and
15 > my PCMCIA card's LEDs are blinking like they are connected, but I
16 > can't ping the router. I get "Destination Host Unreachable". If I
17 > switch back to wpa_supplicant it works perfectly. I did notice,
18 > however, that intentionally submitting the wrong password with
19 > wireless-tools has the same effect.
20 >
21 > Can anyone help?
22 >
23 > - Grant
24
25 The only time I've run into that problem is when I've used "s:somekey"
26 when the router was expecting a 64 bit hex.
27
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29 Ted Ozolins(VE7TVO)
30 Cranbrook, B. C
31
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Re: [gentoo-user] WPA with wireless-tools Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com>