Re: [gentoo-user] WPA with wireless-tools

[Ted Ozolins <ted1@telus.net>]

Grant wrote:

> I've been using wpa_supplicant to connect to my Gentoo router, and I'm
> wondering if I can use wireless-tools instead.  I have the following
> /etc/conf.d/net:
>
> config_ath0="192.168.0.2 broadcast 192.168.0.255 netmask 255.255.255.0"
> routes_ath0="default via 192.168.0.1"
> essid_ath0="mynetwork"
> channel_ath0="11"
> iwpriv_ath0=( "wpa 1" )
> key_mynetwork="s:mykey"
>
> /etc/init.d/net.ath0 returns no errors, has all the right output, and
> my PCMCIA card's LEDs are blinking like they are connected, but I
> can't ping the router.  I get "Destination Host Unreachable".  If I
> switch back to wpa_supplicant it works perfectly.  I did notice,
> however, that intentionally submitting the wrong password with
> wireless-tools has the same effect.
>
> Can anyone help?
>
> - Grant

The only time I've run into that problem is when I've used "s:somekey"
when the router was expecting a 64 bit hex.

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Ted Ozolins(VE7TVO)
Cranbrook, B. C

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