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From: notchrislee on 7 Apr 2008 07:37
Hi all,
I am having difficulty getting the broadcom 4306 wireless working in
my laptop. I have tried the default wpa_supplicant.conf settings as
well as many others I have found on the web but nothing is working
properly.

Has anyone had any experience with a similar setup before? Any
insight is appreciated.

Also, is my method of "./rc.inet1 wlan0_restart" okay for trying a new
configuration? Anything I should be aware of as a noob?

The behaviour of the wireless chip doesn't seem predictable at all.
Sometimes I can see (using wpa_cli) that the wpa handshaking process
completes successfully and then will stop working without any change
to the settings. Once, I've even seen the DI-524's DHCP give it an IP
but when I restarted rc.inet1 it wouldn't work again.

I am starting wpa_supplicant with -Bw -Dwext as well as the .conf file
location specification. The system works as expected without
security. I am using the b43 driver as a module. I also have a wired
Broadcom 44xx using b44 driver as module but usually remove the b44
module when tested the b43.

I use wpa_passphrase to generate my key for the wpa_supplicant.conf
file.

Thanks in advance,
chris
Linux 2.6.24.3
Slackware 12.0
Gateway 7320GZ laptop
P4, 512MB RAM
From: Larry Finger on 7 Apr 2008 21:53
notchrislee wrote:
> Hi all,
> I am having difficulty getting the broadcom 4306 wireless working in
> my laptop. I have tried the default wpa_supplicant.conf settings as
> well as many others I have found on the web but nothing is working
> properly.
>
> Has anyone had any experience with a similar setup before? Any
> insight is appreciated.
>
> Also, is my method of "./rc.inet1 wlan0_restart" okay for trying a new
> configuration? Anything I should be aware of as a noob?
>
> The behaviour of the wireless chip doesn't seem predictable at all.
> Sometimes I can see (using wpa_cli) that the wpa handshaking process
> completes successfully and then will stop working without any change
> to the settings. Once, I've even seen the DI-524's DHCP give it an IP
> but when I restarted rc.inet1 it wouldn't work again.
>
> I am starting wpa_supplicant with -Bw -Dwext as well as the .conf file
> location specification. The system works as expected without
> security. I am using the b43 driver as a module. I also have a wired
> Broadcom 44xx using b44 driver as module but usually remove the b44
> module when tested the b43.
>
> I use wpa_passphrase to generate my key for the wpa_supplicant.conf
> file.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> chris
> Linux 2.6.24.3
> Slackware 12.0
> Gateway 7320GZ laptop
> P4, 512MB RAM

Please send the output from dmesg that occurs after the first message
from the ssb module. Your basic setup should be OK, but it never hurts
to check.

I put my wpa secret into wpa_supplicant.conf as an ASCII phrase and
let it convert it to a key.

By removing the -B from the line that starts wpa_supplicant and adding
a -ddd switch, wpa_supplicant will skip going into background mode,
and log its internal workings to the console. You should probably post
that too.

What version of wpa_supplicant are you using?

Larry
From: notchrislee on 9 Apr 2008 17:50
Sorry for the delay. Easy stuff first.

> What version of wpa_supplicant are you using?

wpa_supplicant v0.5.7
Copyright (c) 2003-2006, Jouni Malinen <jkmaline(a)cc.hut.fi> and
contributors

chris
From: notchrislee on 9 Apr 2008 17:58
> Please send the output from dmesg that occurs after the first message
> from the ssb module.

dmesg out after first ssb output:
ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:01:09.0
ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'NULL'
usb 1-1: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 4
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:04.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
ohci1394: fw-host0: OHCI-1394 1.1 (PCI): IRQ=[18] MMIO=[e00ff800-
e00fffff] Max Packet=[2048] IR/IT contexts=[4/8]
ieee80211: 802.11 data/management/control stack, git-1.1.13
ieee80211: Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Intel Corporation
<jketreno(a)linux.intel.com>
Yenta: CardBus bridge found at 0000:01:05.0 [161f:202f]
Yenta: Enabling burst memory read transactions
Yenta: Using CSCINT to route CSC interrupts to PCI
Yenta: Routing CardBus interrupts to PCI
Yenta TI: socket 0000:01:05.0, mfunc 0x01001002, devctl 0x64
usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
bcm43xx driver
Yenta: ISA IRQ mask 0x0cf8, PCI irq 16
Socket status: 30000007
Yenta: Raising subordinate bus# of parent bus (#01) from #01 to #05
pcmcia: parent PCI bridge Memory window: 0xe0000000 - 0xe00fffff
usbcore: registered new interface driver hiddev
input: HID 0461:4d09 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/
usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0/input/input5
b43-phy0: Broadcom 4306 WLAN found
input: USB HID v1.00 Mouse [HID 0461:4d09] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-1
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c: v2.6:USB HID core driver
phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'simple'
ieee1394: Host added: ID:BUS[0-00:1023] GUID[000325213700a29a]
cs: IO port probe 0xc00-0xcff: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0x820-0x8ff: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0x800-0x80f: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0x3e0-0x4ff: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0x100-0x3af: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0xa00-0xaff: clean.
Adding 1502068k swap on /dev/hda3. Priority:-1 extents:1 across:
1502068k
EXT3 FS on hda4, internal journal
input: PC Speaker as /devices/platform/pcspkr/input/input6
input: ImPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad as /devices/platform/i8042/serio1/
input/input7
lp: driver loaded but no devices found
Registered led device: b43-phy0:tx
Registered led device: b43-phy0:rx
Registered led device: b43-phy0:tx
Registered led device: b43-phy0:rx
Registered led device: b43-phy0:tx
Registered led device: b43-phy0:rx
NET: Registered protocol family 10
lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
mtrr: no more MTRRs available
mtrr: no more MTRRs available
mtrr: no more MTRRs available
mtrr: no more MTRRs available
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:06.0[A] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:01:06.0
b44.c:v2.0
eth0: Broadcom 44xx/47xx 10/100BaseT Ethernet 00:03:25:12:99:75
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
b44: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex.
b44: eth0: Flow control is off for TX and off for RX.
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
eth0: no IPv6 routers present
b44: eth0: Link is down.
b44: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex.
b44: eth0: Flow control is off for TX and off for RX.
realplay.bin[4549]: segfault at 00000050 eip b7f6b717 esp bff8b03c
error 4


chris
From: notchrislee on 9 Apr 2008 18:26
Here is my output when starting wlan0 using "rc.inet1 wlan0_restart"
with wpa_supplicant using the -ddd option.

I use ctrl+c when PINGing other wise it would go for ~ a minute.
"Failed to connect ..." would continue until I hit ^+c.

The first thing I see wrong is the following:
PSK (ASCII passphrase) - hexdump_ascii(len=10): [REMOVED]
PSK (from passphrase) - hexdump(len=32): [REMOVED]

I will also post my iwconfig output but it says "Encryption key:off"
at one point.

chris


Error for wireless request "Set Nickname" (8B1C) :
SET failed on device wlan0 ; Operation not supported.
rc.wireless: wpa_supplicant
Initializing interface 'wlan0' conf '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' driver
'wext' ctrl_interface 'N/A' bridge 'N/A'
Configuration file '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' -> '/etc/
wpa_supplicant.conf'
Reading configuration file '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf'
ctrl_interface='/var/run/wpa_supplicant'
ctrl_interface_group='0' (DEPRECATED)
eapol_version=1
ap_scan=2
fast_reauth=1
Line: 19 - start of a new network block
scan_ssid=1 (0x1)
ssid - hexdump_ascii(len=4):
6f 68 6d 79 ohmy
proto: 0x1
key_mgmt: 0x2
pairwise: 0x8
group: 0x8
PSK (ASCII passphrase) - hexdump_ascii(len=10): [REMOVED]
PSK (from passphrase) - hexdump(len=32): [REMOVED]
Line: 45 - start of a new network block
ssid - hexdump_ascii(len=3):
61 6e 79 any
key_mgmt: 0x4
priority=2 (0x2)
Priority group 2
id=1 ssid='any'
Priority group 0
id=0 ssid='ohmy'
Initializing interface (2) 'wlan0'
EAPOL: SUPP_PAE entering state DISCONNECTED
EAPOL: KEY_RX entering state NO_KEY_RECEIVE
EAPOL: SUPP_BE entering state INITIALIZE
EAP: EAP entering state DISABLED
EAPOL: External notification - portEnabled=0
EAPOL: External notification - portValid=0
SIOCGIWRANGE: WE(compiled)=22 WE(source)=21 enc_capa=0xf
capabilities: key_mgmt 0xf enc 0xf
WEXT: Operstate: linkmode=1, operstate=5
Own MAC address: 00:90:4b:c4:2a:3c
wpa_driver_wext_set_wpa
wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 key_idx=0 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 key_idx=1 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 key_idx=2 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 key_idx=3 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
wpa_driver_wext_set_countermeasures
ioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]: Operation not supported
WEXT auth param 4 value 0x0 - wpa_driver_wext_set_drop_unencrypted
ioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]: Operation not supported
WEXT auth param 5 value 0x1 - Setting scan request: 0 sec 100000 usec
ctrl_interface_group=0
Added interface wlan0
RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=0 ifi_flags=0x1002 ()
Wireless event: cmd=0x8b06 len=8
Ignore event for foreign ifindex 2
RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=0 ifi_flags=0x1003 ([UP])
RTM_NEWLINK, IFLA_IFNAME: Interface 'wlan0' added
State: DISCONNECTED -> SCANNING
Trying to associate with SSID 'ohmy'
Cancelling scan request
WPA: clearing own WPA/RSN IE
Automatic auth_alg selection: 0x1
WPA: No WPA/RSN IE available from association info
WPA: Set cipher suites based on configuration
WPA: Selected cipher suites: group 8 pairwise 8 key_mgmt 2 proto 1
WPA: clearing AP WPA IE
WPA: clearing AP RSN IE
WPA: using GTK TKIP
WPA: using PTK TKIP
WPA: using KEY_MGMT WPA-PSK
WPA: Set own WPA IE default - hexdump(len=24): dd 16 00 50 f2 01 01 00
00 50 f2 02 01 00 00 50 f2 02 01 00 00 50 f2 02
No keys have been configured - skip key clearing
wpa_driver_wext_set_drop_unencrypted
ioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]: Operation not supported
WEXT auth param 5 value 0x1 - State: SCANNING -> ASSOCIATING
wpa_driver_wext_set_operstate: operstate 0->0 (DORMANT)
WEXT: Operstate: linkmode=-1, operstate=5
wpa_driver_wext_associate
Setting authentication timeout: 60 sec 0 usec
EAPOL: External notification - EAP success=0
EAPOL: External notification - EAP fail=0
EAPOL: External notification - portControl=Auto
RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=0 ifi_flags=0x1003 ([UP])
Wireless event: cmd=0x8b06 len=8
RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=0 ifi_flags=0x1003 ([UP])
Wireless event: cmd=0x8b1a len=12
RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=0 ifi_flags=0x1003 ([UP])
Wireless event: cmd=0x8b19 len=8
Scan results did not fit - trying larger buffer (8192 bytes)
Received 4836 bytes of scan results (23 BSSes)
Scan results: 23
Authentication with 00:00:00:00:00:00 timed out.
Added BSSID 00:00:00:00:00:00 into blacklist
State: ASSOCIATING -> DISCONNECTED
wpa_driver_wext_set_operstate: operstate 0->0 (DORMANT)
WEXT: Operstate: linkmode=-1, operstate=5
No keys have been configured - skip key clearing
EAPOL: External notification - portEnabled=0
EAPOL: External notification - portValid=0
Setting scan request: 0 sec 0 usec
State: DISCONNECTED -> SCANNING
Trying to associate with SSID 'any'
Cancelling scan request
WPA: clearing own WPA/RSN IE
Automatic auth_alg selection: 0x1
WPA: clearing AP WPA IE
WPA: clearing AP RSN IE
WPA: clearing own WPA/RSN IE
No keys have been configured - skip key clearing
wpa_driver_wext_set_drop_unencrypted
ioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]: Operation not supported
WEXT auth param 5 value 0x0 - State: SCANNING -> ASSOCIATING
wpa_driver_wext_set_operstate: operstate 0->0 (DORMANT)
WEXT: Operstate: linkmode=-1, operstate=5
wpa_driver_wext_associate
Setting authentication timeout: 60 sec 0 usec
EAPOL: External notification - portControl=ForceAuthorized
RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=0 ifi_flags=0x1003 ([UP])
Wireless event: cmd=0x8b06 len=8
RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=0 ifi_flags=0x1003 ([UP])
Wireless event: cmd=0x8b1a len=11
RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=0 ifi_flags=0x1003 ([UP])
Wireless event: cmd=0x8b19 len=8
Received 3932 bytes of scan results (19 BSSes)
Scan results: 19
CTRL_IFACE monitor attached - hexdump(len=21): 2f 74 6d 70 2f 77 70 61
5f 63 74 72 6c 5f 33 36 30 39 2d 30 00
RX ctrl_iface - hexdump_ascii(len=4):
50 49 4e 47 PING
RX ctrl_iface - hexdump_ascii(len=4):
50 49 4e 47 PING
RX ctrl_iface - hexdump_ascii(len=6):
53 54 41 54 55 53 STATUS
RX ctrl_iface - hexdump_ascii(len=4):
50 49 4e 47 PING
RX ctrl_iface - hexdump_ascii(len=4):
50 49 4e 47 PING
RX ctrl_iface - hexdump_ascii(len=4):
50 49 4e 47 PING
RX ctrl_iface - hexdump_ascii(len=4):
50 49 4e 47 PING
RX ctrl_iface - hexdump_ascii(len=4):
50 49 4e 47 PING
RX ctrl_iface - hexdump_ascii(len=4):
50 49 4e 47 PING
RX ctrl_iface - hexdump_ascii(len=4):
50 49 4e 47 PING
RX ctrl_iface - hexdump_ascii(len=4):
50 49 4e 47 PING
RX ctrl_iface - hexdump_ascii(len=4):
50 49 4e 47 PING
RX ctrl_iface - hexdump_ascii(len=4):
50 49 4e 47 PING
RX ctrl_iface - hexdump_ascii(len=4):
50 49 4e 47 PING
RX ctrl_iface - hexdump_ascii(len=4):
50 49 4e 47 PING
RX ctrl_iface - hexdump_ascii(len=4):
50 49 4e 47 PING
RX ctrl_iface - hexdump_ascii(len=4):
50 49 4e 47 PING
CTRL-EVENT-TERMINATING - signal 2 received
CTRL_IFACE monitor send - hexdump(len=21): 2f 74 6d 70 2f 77 70 61 5f
63 74 72 6c 5f 33 36 30 39 2d 30 00
Removing interface wlan0
State: ASSOCIATING -> DISCONNECTED
wpa_driver_wext_set_operstate: operstate 0->0 (DORMANT)
WEXT: Operstate: linkmode=-1, operstate=5
No keys have been configured - skip key clearing
EAPOL: External notification - portEnabled=0
EAPOL: External notification - portValid=0
wpa_driver_wext_set_wpa
wpa_driver_wext_set_drop_unencrypted
ioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]: Operation not supported
WEXT auth param 5 value 0x0 - wpa_driver_wext_set_countermeasures
ioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]: Operation not supported
WEXT auth param 4 value 0x0 - No keys have been configured - skip key
clearing
CTRL_IFACE wait for attached monitors to receive messages
Removed BSSID 00:00:00:00:00:00 from blacklist (clear)
Cancelling scan request
Cancelling authentication timeout
WEXT: Operstate: linkmode=0, operstate=6
rc.wireless: begin sleep
rc.wireless: done sleep
Failed to connect to wpa_supplicant - wpa_ctrl_open: No such file or
directory
Failed to connect to wpa_supplicant - wpa_ctrl_open: No such file or
directory
Failed to connect to wpa_supplicant - wpa_ctrl_open: No such file or
directory
Failed to connect to wpa_supplicant - wpa_ctrl_open: No such file or
directory
Failed to connect to wpa_supplicant - wpa_ctrl_open: No such file or
directory
Failed to connect to wpa_supplicant - wpa_ctrl_open: No such file or
directory

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