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Jérémy Subtil (bigmadwolf) wrote :

Binary package hint: wpasupplicant

This is a very weird bug. I'm using Ubuntu Hardy with a NETGEAR WG311v2 wifi card (Ndiswrapper driver). I try to connect to the AP through the command line because I wasn't able to make it work with network-manager, wicd or the GNOME network tool: connection was endless or timed-out.

With kernel 2.6.24-16, my wifi card only associates with the AP by the command line "sudo wpa_supplicant -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -d", but it doesn't with "sudo wpa_supplicant -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf" or "sudo wpa_supplicant -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -dd".

With kernel 2.6.24-18, it doesn't associates at all.

Thus, I'm suspecting wpasupplicant to connect to my AP too quickly (or slowly) when it fails, because association works only with a precise kernel (minor) version and a precise debugging level.

I'm using the same wpa_supplicant.conf template as provided in /usr/share/doc/wpasupplicant/examples/wpa-psk-tkip.conf.

Is this bug really related to wpasupplicant? Or is it ndiswrapper's kernel module? Is there a way to introduce a waiting time during the association process?