problems with wpa_supplicant using ipw2200

[Dick Davies]

On 04/12/05, Gideon Killion <gidkill at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hello. I'm new to Ubuntu. I have an HP dv1000
> installed with Breezy and I'm having trouble getting
> my wireless card working with WPA.

It looks like the supplicant isn't seeing you network. Set your AP to
broadcast its SSID if it isn't already.

> ---------------------------------------------
> ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
> ctrl_interface_group=0
> eapol_version=1
> ap_scan=1
> fast_reauth=1
> network={
>         ssid="bastard_net"
>         proto=WPA
>         key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
>         pairwise=CCMP
>         group=CCMP
>
change those to say

        proto=RSN WPA
        key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
        pairwise=CCMP TKIP
        group=CCMP TKIP

it'll give your supplicant more options when negotiated. Once it's in,
you can see
what you actually have with:

sudo wpa_cli
(run 'status')

I wrote a walkthrough for ipw2100 at:

  http://number9.hellooperator.net/articles/2005/11/21/fun-with-wpa_supplicant

it looks like you've got a sensible config, but it might be useful.
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