Re: dlink dwa-556
On Tue, 8 Dec 2009 23:18:42 +0100
lee <lee@yun.yagibdah.de> wrote:
...
> > a) output of 'iwlist wlan0 [or whatever it's called] scan'
>
> yun:/home/lee# iwlist wlan0 scan
> wlan0 Scan completed :
> Cell 01 - Address: 00:23:08:17:73:A9
> Channel:5
> Frequency:2.432 GHz (Channel 5)
> Quality=53/70 Signal level=-57 dBm
> Encryption key:on
> ESSID:"WLAN-177334"
> Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
> 18 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
> Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
> Mode:Master
> Extra:tsf=00000004e7d2a174
> Extra: Last beacon: 480ms ago
> IE: Unknown: 000B574C414E2D313737333334
> IE: Unknown: 010882848B961224486C
> IE: Unknown: 030105
> IE: Unknown: 2A0104
> IE: Unknown: 32040C183060
> IE: Unknown: 2D1AEE1117FFFF0000010000000000000000000000000C0000000000
> IE: Unknown: 3D1605070100000000000000000000000000000000000000
> IE: Unknown: 3E0100
> IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
> Group Cipher : CCMP
> Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP
> Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
> IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101000003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
> IE: Unknown: 7F0101
> IE: Unknown: DD8C0050F204104A00011010440001021041000100103B00010310470010000000000000000110000023081773A71021000B436F72706F726174696F6E1023000941525634353235505710240008312E30372E3030301042000A4A3833343033363030341054000800060050F204000110110014576972656C65737320526F757465722857464129100800020004
> IE: Unknown: 0706444520010D10
> IE: Unknown: DD1E00904C33EE1117FFFF0000010000000000000000000000000C0000000000
> IE: Unknown: DD1A00904C3405070100000000000000000000000000000000000000
>
> yun:/home/lee#
>
>
> Hm, at least wicd seems to have set the ESSID and to have found a
> cell.
?? This output has nothing to do with wicd.
> > b) output of syslog when you try to connect
>
> Anything in particular I should be looking for? There are messages
>
>
> Dec 8 17:33:58 yun dhclient: isc-dhclient-V3.1.3
> Dec 8 17:33:58 yun dhclient: isc-dhclient-V3.1.3
>
>
> ... but I'm not using dhcp. And there's a bunch of messages from
> "NetworkManager":
If you're not using dhcp, then no dhclient process should be running.
You should find out what's invoking it and stop it.
...
When debugging, we really don't want anything running except the most
basic of command line utilities - I recommend that you stop all the
higher level managers while we try to figure out the basic issues. In
any event, you should never have multiple network managers running -
they can (and probably will) interfere with each other and you'll get
chaos.
> > c) run wpa_supplicant in the foreground with debugging enabled
> > ('wpa_supplicant -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -iwlan0 -d') and report the
> > output and syslog, as well as your wpa_supplicant.conf (sanitized)
>
> There's no configuration file for wpa_supplicant at all. It seemed to
> me that the Debian way of using it is by some scripts that refer to
> entries in /etc/network/interfaces. I have no way of knowing if the
> Debian version of wpa_supplicant is modified in some way.
AFAIK, Debian doesn't modify wpa_supplicant, but when you properly
configure /etc/network/interfaces, then the Debian network scripts will
create the appropriate wpa_supplicant config file (on the fly?) and
properly invoke wpa_supplicant, pointing it at the appropriate config
file. When this works, you can see what Debian's done by grepping
through the output of 'ps ax' for 'wpa_supplicant'.
...
> It also creates some messages in the syslog:
>
>
> Dec 8 22:43:27 yun avahi-daemon[2934]: Interface wlan0.IPv4 no longer relevant for mDNS.
> Dec 8 22:43:27 yun avahi-daemon[2934]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface wlan0.IPv4 with address 192.168.2.199.
> Dec 8 22:43:27 yun avahi-daemon[2934]: Withdrawing address record for 192.168.2.199 on wlan0.
> Dec 8 22:43:27 yun avahi-daemon[2934]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface wlan0.IPv4 with address 192.168.2.199.
> Dec 8 22:43:27 yun avahi-daemon[2934]: New relevant interface wlan0.IPv4 for mDNS.
> Dec 8 22:43:27 yun avahi-daemon[2934]: Registering new address record for 192.168.2.199 on wlan0.IPv4.
> Dec 8 22:43:27 yun avahi-daemon[2934]: Interface wlan0.IPv4 no longer relevant for mDNS.
> Dec 8 22:43:27 yun avahi-daemon[2934]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface wlan0.IPv4 with address 192.168.2.199.
> Dec 8 22:43:27 yun avahi-daemon[2934]: Withdrawing address record for
> 192.168.2.199 on wlan0.
These are coming from avahi-daemon, which I'd suggest you turn off while we troubleshoot.
> yun:/home/lee# iwconfig
> lo no wireless extensions.
>
> eth4 no wireless extensions.
>
> wmaster0 no wireless extensions.
>
> wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:""
> Mode:Managed Frequency:2.432 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
> Tx-Power=20 dBm
> Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
> Encryption key:off
> Power Management:off
> Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
> Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
> Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
>
> yun:/home/lee#
Well, that just shows that you're not connected, as we realized ...
> Now what does this tell me? Is WPA-PSK supposed to work for WPA2? I
Yes.
> tried it with the router set to "WPA-Personal" and "WPA / WPA2", but I
> got the same output from wpa_supplicant each time.
>
> Hm, googling about the error message ("socket(PF_PACKET): Address
> family not supported by protocol") finds: http://lists.shmoo.com/pipermail/hostap/2006-June/013571.html
>
> Checking the kernel configuration shows that "Packet socket" in the
> networking options is indeed disabled. I've enabled it, and now
> wpa_supplicant seems to get a connection:
...
> yun:/home/lee# iwconfig
> lo no wireless extensions.
>
> eth4 no wireless extensions.
>
> wmaster0 no wireless extensions.
>
> wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"WLAN-177334"
> Mode:Managed Frequency:2.432 GHz Access Point: 00:23:08:17:73:A9
> Bit Rate=0 kb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm
> Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
> Encryption key:6A25-499D-B4B3-B856-75B0-AC0F-61D1-247A [2] Security mode:open
> Power Management:off
> Link Quality=64/70 Signal level=-46 dBm
> Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
> Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
Excellent! We're up and running!
> yun:/home/lee# route
> Kernel-IP-Routentabelle
> Ziel Router Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
> localnet * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth4
> localnet * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 wlan0
> link-local * 255.255.0.0 U 1000 0 0 eth4
> default router.yagibdah 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth4
>
>
> This isn't right yet, but it seems to work :) I'll unplug the cable
> from eth4 and check if it does ...
>
> I take it that it should work now the Debian way by making entries in
> /etc/network/interfaces?
I'd assume so.
> Thanks for your help!
Sure! Good luck going forward.
Celejar
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