iwi doesn't see a wireless network



I'm trying to get my laptop to connect to the wireless access point at
work. It has a Intel Pro Wireless 2200BG minipci card, and can
associate with my access point at home. In addition, I can get an
Ubuntu 8.10 liveCD to connect to the access point at work via
NetworkManager. So there is definitely no incompatibility between the
wireless card and access point.

Here's my wpa_supplicant.conf file:

network={
ssid="Mckella280Front"
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
pairwise=TKIP
psk="#########"
}

The preshared key is definitely correct, as it's the one that works
with the liveCD. For the sake of testing, I've removed the reference to
my wireless AP at home.

I'm attaching the output from wpa_supplicant run with -dd. Basically,
it keeps scanning but only ever sees the tmobile network. That's
actually coming from another person in the building using a tmobile
wireless broadband card. If she's not here, the scan never picks up
anything. Similarly, 'ifconfig iwi0 list scan' only picks up the
tmobile ssid.

Yet, if I reboot off the liveCD, it works. Here's the output of 'iwlist
eth1 scanning' under the liveCD:

eth1 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:22:6B:9A:CC:AF
ESSID:"Mckella280Front"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11bg
Mode:Master
Frequency:2.457 GHz (Channel 10)
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
Quality=50/100 Signal level=-68 dBm
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
Extra: Last beacon: 904ms ago


And, iwconfig while connected:

eth1 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"Mckella280Front"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.457 GHz Access Point: 00:22:6B:9A:CC:AF
Bit Rate:54 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm Sensitivity=8/0
Retry limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=59/100 Signal level=-66 dBm Noise level=-87 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:6 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:3

The only thing I can think of is that the AP is using some feature that
the iwi driver, or wpa_supplicant, doesn't support.

Is there someway to get this working?

Adam


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Initializing interface 'iwi0' conf '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' driver 'bsd' ctrl_interface 'N/A' bridge 'N/A'
Configuration file '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' -> '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf'
Reading configuration file '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf'
Line: 2 - start of a new network block
ssid - hexdump_ascii(len=15):
4d 63 6b 65 6c 6c 61 32 38 30 46 72 6f 6e 74 Mckella280Front
key_mgmt: 0x2
pairwise: 0x8
PSK (ASCII passphrase) - hexdump_ascii(len=10): [REMOVED]
PSK (from passphrase) - hexdump(len=32): [REMOVED]
Line 8: removed CCMP from group cipher list since it was not allowed for pairwise cipher
Priority group 0
id=0 ssid='Mckella280Front'
Initializing interface (2) 'iwi0'
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
Own MAC address: 00:13:ce:a8:10:ea
wpa_driver_bsd_set_wpa: enabled=1
wpa_driver_bsd_set_wpa_internal: wpa=3 privacy=1
wpa_driver_bsd_del_key: keyidx=0
wpa_driver_bsd_del_key: keyidx=1
wpa_driver_bsd_del_key: keyidx=2
wpa_driver_bsd_del_key: keyidx=3
wpa_driver_bsd_set_countermeasures: enabled=0
wpa_driver_bsd_set_drop_unencrypted: enabled=1
Setting scan request: 0 sec 100000 usec
Added interface iwi0
State: DISCONNECTED -> SCANNING
Starting AP scan (broadcast SSID)
Trying to get current scan results first without requesting a new scan to speed up initial association
Received 0 bytes of scan results (1 BSSes)
Scan results: 1
Selecting BSS from priority group 0
Try to find WPA-enabled AP
0: 36:00:e5:51:f1:55 ssid='tmobile' wpa_ie_len=0 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x2
skip - no WPA/RSN IE
Try to find non-WPA AP
0: 36:00:e5:51:f1:55 ssid='tmobile' wpa_ie_len=0 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x2
skip - SSID mismatch
No suitable AP found.
Setting scan request: 0 sec 0 usec
Starting AP scan (broadcast SSID)
Received 0 bytes of scan results (1 BSSes)
Scan results: 1
Selecting BSS from priority group 0
Try to find WPA-enabled AP
0: 36:00:e5:51:f1:55 ssid='tmobile' wpa_ie_len=0 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x2
skip - no WPA/RSN IE
Try to find non-WPA AP
0: 36:00:e5:51:f1:55 ssid='tmobile' wpa_ie_len=0 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x2
skip - SSID mismatch
No suitable AP found.
Setting scan request: 5 sec 0 usec
Starting AP scan (broadcast SSID)
Received 0 bytes of scan results (1 BSSes)
Scan results: 1
Selecting BSS from priority group 0
Try to find WPA-enabled AP
0: 36:00:e5:51:f1:55 ssid='tmobile' wpa_ie_len=0 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x2
skip - no WPA/RSN IE
Try to find non-WPA AP
0: 36:00:e5:51:f1:55 ssid='tmobile' wpa_ie_len=0 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x2
skip - SSID mismatch
No suitable AP found.
Setting scan request: 5 sec 0 usec
CTRL-EVENT-TERMINATING - signal 2 received
Removing interface iwi0
State: SCANNING -> DISCONNECTED
No keys have been configured - skip key clearing
EAPOL: External notification - portEnabled=0
EAPOL: External notification - portValid=0
wpa_driver_bsd_set_wpa: enabled=0
wpa_driver_bsd_set_wpa_internal: wpa=0 privacy=0
wpa_driver_bsd_set_drop_unencrypted: enabled=0
wpa_driver_bsd_set_countermeasures: enabled=0
No keys have been configured - skip key clearing
Cancelling scan request
Cancelling authentication timeout
wpa_driver_bsd_set_wpa_internal: wpa=0 privacy=0
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