Re: wpa supplicant/ipw3945, ESSID last char missing

["Alessandro Suardi" <alessandro.suardi@gmail.com>]

On 10/2/06, Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at> wrote:
> Dear all!
>
> I have the following problem with wpa supplicant/ipw3945. First the
> versions:
> kernel: 2.6.18-mm2      (self compiled)
> ieee80211:      1.1.14
> ipw3945:        git source
> ipw3945d:       1.7.19
> wpa supplicant: 0.5.5   (Debian/unstable 0.5.5-1)
>
>
> Config file of wpa_supplicant:
> ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
> ctrl_interface_group=0
> eapol_version=1
> ap_scan=1
> network={
>         ssid="norbunet"
>         key_mgmt=NONE
>         auth_alg=SHARED
>         wep_key0=HEXKEY1
>         wep_key1=HEXKEY2
>         wep_key2=HEXKEY3
>         wep_key3=HEXKEY4
>         wep_tx_keyidx=0
>         priority=5
> }
>
> When I start ipw3945d and wpa_supplicant it does not connect. And the
> reason is that when typing
>         iwconfig eth2
> (eth0 cable, eth1 not present!?!, eth2 ipw3945) I see that the ESSID is
> set to
>         "norbune"
> instead of
>         "norbunet"
>
> Calling
>         iwconfig eth2 essid "norbunet "
> (mind the space at the end) immediately connects (even with encryption)
> and everything is working.
>
> Do you have any idea what this might be related to?
>
> The last kernel I tried which worked out of the box (well, with
> comnpiling ieee and ipw) was 2.6.18-rc4.

Hi Norbert,

  we've been just through an email thread where it has been
  determined that wpa_supplicant 0.4.9 (I would assume that
  0.5.5 is also okay) and wireless-tools from Jean's latest
  tarball are necessary to work with the recent wireless
  extensions v21 that have been merged in.

What wireless-tools are you using ?

Ciao,

--alessandro

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