I can connect to unsecure routers, but not to any secure routers. NetworkManager doesn’t seem to work and neither does anything else I try. I have tried with WPA supplicant but to be honest I have not a clue what to do. I have an Atheros ar5009 card and I’m currently using the ath9k module. Lan works just fine. But my wireless doesn’t.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:1 Mb/s Tx-Power=23 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=92/100 Signal level:-36 dBm Noise level=-95 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
I would appreciate an answer. I have updated everything it seems like, but nothing I do seems to work. I have been at this for almost 3 weeks already hoping for a break and so far nothing. Please help.
Is wpa_supplicant installed? It is needed for WPA encryption.
The system does work with WPA. Whatever is wrong is with your setup.
Yes I have it installed but it still doesn’t work if you read above. Lately I have been able to connect to my router, but as soon as I disconnect I’m not able to connect again. How do I get this to work. The WPA Supplicant GUI doesn’t even seem my wireless adapter on it. The card works but it is pretty much a hit and miss with connecting.
Also I don’t have a /etc/network/interfaces file either. Apparently it was supposed to be installed, but I don’t have it.
Don’t know if it fixed yet, but others were reporting that the problem was with networkmanager and WPA. A work around is to exit networkmanager and switch to ifup.
jodas wrote:
> Also I don’t have a /etc/network/interfaces file either. Apparently it
> was supposed to be installed, but I don’t have it.
Are you using NetworkManager or ifup to control your network?
Someone in Suse IRC told me that I don’t need to worry about that directory because it isn’t debian. I have this problem with WPA supplicant and my router. For some reason I can’t connect. I don’t know what the problem is. Here is my output for WPA supplicant.
1236084845.703735: Initializing interface ‘wlan0’ conf ‘/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf’ driver ‘wext’ ctrl_interface ‘N/A’ bridge ‘N/A’
1236084845.703811: Configuration file ‘/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf’ -> ‘/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf’
1236084845.703818: Reading configuration file ‘/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf’
1236084845.703874: ctrl_interface=’/var/run/wpa_supplicant’
1236084845.703879: ctrl_interface_group=‘0’ (DEPRECATED)
1236084845.703894: eapol_version=1
1236084845.703897: ap_scan=1
1236084845.703901: fast_reauth=1
1236084845.703904: Line: 7 - start of a new network block
1236084845.703916: ssid - hexdump_ascii(len=6):
54 75 72 74 6c 65 Turtle
1236084845.703932: PSK (ASCII passphrase) - hexdump_ascii(len=58): [REMOVED]
1236084845.703940: key_mgmt: 0x2
1236084845.703947: priority=5 (0x5)
1236084845.703952: proto: 0x1
1236084845.724407: PSK (from passphrase) - hexdump(len=32): [REMOVED]
1236084845.724473: Priority group 5
1236084845.724478: id=0 ssid=‘Turtle’
1236084845.724482: Initializing interface (2) ‘wlan0’
1236084845.734941: Interface wlan0 set UP - waiting a second for the driver to complete initialization
1236084846.735044: SIOCGIWRANGE: WE(compiled)=22 WE(source)=21 enc_capa=0xf
1236084846.735056: capabilities: key_mgmt 0xf enc 0xf flags 0x0
1236084846.752960: WEXT: Operstate: linkmode=1, operstate=5
1236084846.753186: Own MAC address: 00:23:4e:3e:a2:f1
1236084846.753193: wpa_driver_wext_set_wpa
1236084846.753199: wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 key_idx=0 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
1236084846.753209: wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 key_idx=1 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
1236084846.753214: wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 key_idx=2 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
1236084846.753219: wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 key_idx=3 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
1236084846.753224: wpa_driver_wext_set_countermeasures
1236084846.753228: wpa_driver_wext_set_drop_unencrypted
1236084846.753232: RSN: flushing PMKID list in the driver
1236084846.753249: Setting scan request: 0 sec 100000 usec
1236084846.755624: EAPOL: SUPP_PAE entering state DISCONNECTED
1236084846.755629: EAPOL: KEY_RX entering state NO_KEY_RECEIVE
1236084846.755633: EAPOL: SUPP_BE entering state INITIALIZE
1236084846.755639: EAP: EAP entering state DISABLED
1236084846.755657: Using existing control interface directory.
1236084846.756017: ctrl_interface_group=0
1236084846.756062: ctrl_iface bind(PF_UNIX) failed: Address already in use
1236084846.756075: ctrl_iface exists and seems to be in use - cannot override it
1236084846.756078: Delete ‘/var/run/wpa_supplicant/wlan0’ manually if it is not used anymore
1236084846.756085: Failed to initialize control interface ‘/var/run/wpa_supplicant’.
You may have another wpa_supplicant process already running or the file was
left by an unclean termination of wpa_supplicant in which case you will need
to manually remove this file before starting wpa_supplicant again.
1236084846.756089: Failed to add interface wlan0
1236084846.756092: State: DISCONNECTED -> DISCONNECTED
1236084846.756100: wpa_driver_wext_set_operstate: operstate 0->0 (DORMANT)
1236084846.756104: WEXT: Operstate: linkmode=-1, operstate=5
1236084846.756114: No keys have been configured - skip key clearing
1236084846.756117: EAPOL: External notification - portEnabled=0
1236084846.756121: EAPOL: External notification - portValid=0
1236084846.756124: wpa_driver_wext_set_wpa
1236084846.756132: wpa_driver_wext_set_drop_unencrypted
1236084846.756135: wpa_driver_wext_set_countermeasures
1236084846.756139: No keys have been configured - skip key clearing
1236084846.756556: Cancelling scan request
1236084846.756561: Cancelling authentication timeout
1236084846.756584: WEXT: Operstate: linkmode=0, operstate=6
Here is my iwlist scan
wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:21:91:04:4B:EF
ESSID:“Turtle”
Mode:Master
Channel:11
Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
Quality=92/100 Signal level:-36 dBm Noise level=-95 dBm
Encryption key:on
IE: Unknown: 2D1A4E101BFFFF000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Extra:tsf=0000000069d8e180
Extra: Last beacon: 2944ms ago
Cell 02 - Address: 00:1F:33:25:0C:3A
ESSID:"\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00"
Mode:Master
Channel:11
Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
Quality=31/100 Signal level:-75 dBm Noise level=-95 dBm
Encryption key:on
IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
Group Cipher : CCMP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
Preauthentication Supported
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
12 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Extra:tsf=000001182be852c5
Extra: Last beacon: 3132ms ago
Cell 03 - Address: 00:02:A8:A6:A4:08
ESSID:""
Mode:Master
Channel:1
Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
Quality=15/100 Signal level:-85 dBm Noise level=-95 dBm
Encryption key:on
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Extra:tsf=000001510627d15f
Extra: Last beacon: 4680ms ago
Cell 04 - Address: 00:02:A8:A6:A4:09
ESSID:“myLGNet”
Mode:Master
Channel:1
Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
Quality=14/100 Signal level:-86 dBm Noise level=-95 dBm
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Extra:tsf=000001510627d688
Extra: Last beacon: 4676ms ago
here is my dmesg
jodas wrote:
> 1236084846.756062: ctrl_iface bind(PF_UNIX) failed: Address already in
> use
> 1236084846.756075: ctrl_iface exists and seems to be in use - cannot
> override it
> 1236084846.756078: Delete ‘/var/run/wpa_supplicant/wlan0’ manually if
> it is not used anymore
> 1236084846.756085: Failed to initialize control interface
> ‘/var/run/wpa_supplicant’.
> You may have another wpa_supplicant process already running or the file
> was
> left by an unclean termination of wpa_supplicant in which case you will
> need
> to manually remove this file before starting wpa_supplicant again.
You have two wpa_supplicant processes running, or the old one didn’t shut down
cleanly.
Which AP are you trying to reach, “turtle” or the one with the hidden ESSID.
Setting up wireless networking using ifup entails getting the correct
information in several files, which is OK if you know what you are doing. The
most important of these is /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-wlan0. You can see what
is needed by looking in /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg.template.
By using NetworkManager, all of this can be done using a GUI.
Larry
I did the killall wpa_supplicant but that didn’t do anything.
Then I started it up again, but I still get the same error.
jodas wrote:
> I did the killall wpa_supplicant but that didn’t do anything.
> Then I started it up again, but I still get the same error.
You have to manually delete the file that it tells you about.
Ok I deleted it from my computer.
I can’t connect at all now. It connect once and that is it. I uninstalled network manager and everything I do doesn’t do . I have been at this for 4 weeks almost trying to get this retarded piece of **** to work. What the hell is wrong with it? I disabled security on my router and now it won’t even connect. It connected once but then when I disconnected it went back to the same bull of not wanting to connect. I am using wicd now and same thing. It will connect once then stop. I’m using a atheros ar5009 wireless card. There aren’t any windows XP drivers for the card or else I would try and use dswrapper(which I did but failed). I have read up on almost every guide out there and the **** just doesn’t work. I google everything with ath9k not working-wicd ath9k not connecting. I have tried everything. Someone who has this card and has managed to get the ****ing thing to work help me. The dmesg and everthing is still the same. WPA supplicant is uninstalled because my router doesn’t have security enabled anymore. So don’t ask about WPA supplicant.
I hope this can help somebody.
I have XP drivers for this very difficult network card. I have uploaded them to
Free file hosting by Savefile.com
They will only be available for 30 days from this post (30 consecutive days of not being downloaded = removed from server).
I want to use linux, but this driver is preventing me from making the full switch.
In return for me finding the XP drivers, can somebody please tell me how to use NDISWRAPPER to get them working please?
I’m not afraid of the command-line, but not very good with it.
I hope we can nail this card.
Tere are several guides on how to use ndiswrapper out there, here is but a few:-
Howto’s
Ndiswrapper - openSUSE
Google search
Andy
I haven’t been a SUSE user for a while, but it has many
excellences. 
I’m no expert, but I’ll bet you have run afoul of your
permissions. That is really a likely problem that can
arise with multiple installs and removes.
Install wicd-curses. ifconfig, etc., are root-user
interfaces, but wicd-curses is a user interface.
Installing wicd-curses should straighten out the
permissions problems. It did for me. In a terminal,
type
$ wicd-curses
not as root. Good luck. It’s easy, and it can’t hurt.
If it works, get back to me: dra@openguitar.com. Put
“poisonal” in the subject field please.
Regards, daveA
Are you trying to connect to the hidden ssid?
In some instances, this is all you need to do:
Scroll down to “contribution by prhunt”
Good luck. Paul
I do not understand much of your problem, but I see you have openly mentioned an e-mail address here. That is not very wise because that may attrackt a lot of spam.
Also these Forumss are for discussing problems to the benifit of all and private concersation will not help to let all see what is discussed.
When you, after some rethinking, want your e-mail address removed, please say so.