Re: [gentoo-user] wpa_supplicant and at&t 2wire gateway

[Markos Chandras]

On Sunday 23 November 2008 01:14:41 John Blinka wrote:
> I've recently subscribed to AT&T's u-verse which came with a
> 2wire 3800hgv-b wireless gateway.  On the windows side, my
> dual-booting Dell laptop picked up the signal and connected
> trivially.  I've had no such success on the linux side.
>
> The gateway claims to use WPA-PSK authentication and TKIP
> encryption.  My supplicant.conf file looks like:
>
> ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
>
> network={
>                  ssid="my_ssid"
>                  psk="my_password"
>                  key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
>                  proto=WPA
>                  pairwise=TKIP
> }
>
> wpa_gui provides the following information for a few seconds:
>
> adapter:          ath0
> network:  0:     my_ssid
> status:             SCANNING
> last message:  Disconnect event - remove keys
> authentication:
> encryption:
> ssid:
> bssid:
> ip address:
>
> then displays:
>
> adapter:          ath0
> network:  0:     my_ssid
> status:             4WAY_HANDSHAKE
> last message:  ASSOCIATED WITH 00:22:a4:0d:23:89
> authentication: WPA-PSK
> encryption:       TKIP
> ssid:                 my_ssid
> bssid:               00:22:a4:0d:23:89
> ip address:
>
> and then cycles between these two sets of information.
>
> I can't pretend that I understand what's going on, and I haven't
> found any enlightenment in web searches.  Does anyone know
> what this means, where I'm stuck, and how to go forward?
>
> Thanks for any help,
>
> John Blinka

I would suggest before trying the "hard way", to use Networkmanager and 
knetworkmanaget. If you have success with that, then you can try the other 
way

Other wifi guis are wlassistant or wifiradar. Give them a try

-- 
Markos Chandras