WPA not working

[ruffnsc]

Distro: FC2
Router: Belkin HS 128MB
Card: PCI Belkin - Broadcom chipset
Driver: Ndiswrapper with Dell windows xp driver

able to set up ndiswrapper and connect to the internet. Try to use wpa supplicant and turn on WPA-PSK on my router and cannot get it connect.

followed these steps

www.metahusky.net/~gavin/home/wireless.html

on boot wlan0 configure fails

/sbin/iwconfig shows no mac address and encryption off.

any ideas. im a newbie im sorry if i didnt ask question right or provide enough info. please guide me.

[Artemis]

Originally Posted by ruffnsc

on boot wlan0 configure fails
.

Problem causing the on boot message is propably just a name error:

You can try to run: ifconfig and check the name listed.

Then add an alias in /etc/modprobe.conf, something like:

alias wlan0 <driver-module>

where wlan0 is the name listed in the output of ifconfiig.

And a little help connecting the wireless, try this in a terminal:

modprobe <driver-module>
ifconfig wlan0 up
iwconfig wlan0 essid <SID>
ifconfig wlan0 <IP-adres> netmask 255.255.255.0
route add default gw <IP-adres of modem> wlan0
iwconfig wlan0 key <WPA key>

[ruffnsc]

thanks for you ideas.
my wireless connection is working now. just with no WPA-PSK security set on my router.

i think i am confused from 2 different things ive seen online.

1. add "/usr/local/bin/wpa_supplicant -Dndiswrapper -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf &" to /etc/init.d/network
or
2. stop wlan0 interface run "wpa_supplicant -Dndiswrapper -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf &" in the command line then bring up the interface again using "dhcpcd wlan0"

do these do the same thing?

here is my current output from iwconfig wlan0

wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"myssid***" Nickname:"localhost.localdomain"
Mode:Auto Frequency:2.462GHz Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00***
Bit Rate=54Mb/s Tx-Power:25 dBm
RTS thr=2347 B Fragment thr=2346 B
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality:100/100 Signal level:-70 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:262 Invalid misc:40003 Missed beacon:0

*** have been changed from original values

it seems that even when i run wpa_supplicant that this doesnt ever get turned on.

[ruffnsc]

update: i got WPA working but only when starting "wpa_suppliant -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -Dndiswrapper" from command line

where can i put that command when the computer boots so it can authenticate from startup?

thanks for your help and patience guiding this newbie.

[Artemis]

Originally Posted by ruffnsc

update: i got WPA working but only when starting "wpa_suppliant -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -Dndiswrapper" from command line

where can i put that command when the computer boots so it can authenticate from startup?

thanks for your help and patience guiding this newbie.

Glad to hear that:

You can put the command in /etc/rc.d/rc.local.

[micha]

I found the solution !

First, here is my setup:
Distro: FC2
Router: Netgear WGT624
Card: miniPCI Dell TrueMobile 1400
Driver: Ndiswrapper with Dell windows xp driver

So, to make the wireless network with WPA key working on startup, you have to modify the /etc/modprobe.conf file:

alias wlan0 ndiswrapper
install ndiswrapper /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install ndiswrapper && /usr/local/bin/wpa_supplicant -Dndiswrapper -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -B
remove ndiswrapper /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove ndiswrapper

This will tell to modprobe to insert the ndiswrapper module and to initialize the WPA stuff. Note that the WPA stuff is launched as daemon (using the -B option).

Don't forget to configure your network profile, and to add it in the grub menu as a boot choice.

Cheers ! AKA it works for me

[micha]

.... And now you can test the security of your WPA-PSK-protected wireless network:
http://www.tinypeap.com/page8.html

[ruffnsc]

thanks that card authenticates .... but i get some odd errors on boot

1. failed to remove WPA from driver (i dont think thats a good thing that its trying to remove WPA)
2. something about ioctl failing.

also if someone could explain what the lines of code mean in the modprobe.conf (line by line i would like to learn.)

[micha]

Originally Posted by ruffnsc

thanks that card authenticates .... but i get some odd errors on boot

1. failed to remove WPA from driver (i dont think thats a good thing that its trying to remove WPA)
2. something about ioctl failing.

also if someone could explain what the lines of code mean in the modprobe.conf (line by line i would like to learn.)

man modprobe.conf

The first line loads the ndiswrapper module, the second tells how to load the module, and the third tells how to remove the module.

Have you seen this thread :
http://fedoraforum.org/forum/showthr...&highlight=WPA