encrypted modes don't work on ndiswrapper wireless adapters
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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ndiswrapper (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Bug Description
Unencrypted connections work fine but WEP, WPA, etc.. doesn't work.
dmesg keeps showing the message
[ 459.661345] ndiswrapper (iw_set_auth:1602): invalid cmd 12
and no connection is established.
lsusb shows the usb key as
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 1690:0711 Askey Computer Corp. [hex] SMCWUSBT-G (no firmware)
ndiswrapper -l shows:
athfmwdl : driver installed
net5523 : driver installed
device (1690:0711) present
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Oct 24 13:47:45 2009
Dependencies:
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: ndiswrapper-common 1.54-2ubuntu1
PackageArchitec
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=
LANG=es_ES.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSign
SourcePackage: ndiswrapper
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
I've got a similar problem with rt2500 pci wifi card:
~$ dmesg | tail NETDEV_ UP): wlan0: link is not ready NETDEV_ CHANGE) : wlan0: link becomes ready
[ 748.200927] ndiswrapper: driver rt2500 (Ralink Technology, Inc.,10/20/2005, 3.01.00.0000) loaded
[ 748.201327] ndiswrapper 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKB] -> GSI 5 (level, low) -> IRQ 5
[ 748.206651] ndiswrapper: using IRQ 5
[ 748.413474] wlan0: ethernet device 00:11:09:e6:91:e6 using serialized NDIS driver: rt2500, version: 0x20001, NDIS version: 0x500, vendor: 'IEEE 802.11g Wireless Card.', 1814:0201.5.conf
[ 748.413511] wlan0: encryption modes supported: WEP; TKIP with WPA, WPA2, WPA2PSK; AES/CCMP with WPA, WPA2, WPA2PSK
[ 748.413628] usbcore: registered new interface driver ndiswrapper
[ 748.454685] ADDRCONF(
[ 758.620637] ndiswrapper (iw_set_auth:1602): invalid cmd 12
[ 758.719022] ADDRCONF(
[ 768.876036] wlan0: no IPv6 routers present
$ lspci | grep Network
02:00.0 Network controller: RaLink RT2500 802.11g Cardbus/mini-PCI (rev 01)
I have tried the same driver on Zenwalk and ndiswrapper works perfectly fine there...