My router is using wpa2 encryption. I’ve installed wpasupplicant and made a config for it

After restarting the network i’m getting a message that wpa_supplicant daemon failed to start

[code]
* Reconfiguring network interfaces...
wpa_supplicant: /sbin/wpa_supplicant daemon failed to start
run-parts: /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/wpasupplicant exited with return code 1
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.1
Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

Listening on LPF/ra0/00:1f:1f:18:0a:7a
Sending on LPF/ra0/00:1f:1f:18:0a:7a
Sending on Socket/fallback
DHCPDISCOVER on ra0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8
receive_packet failed on ra0: Network is down
Terminated
Failed to bring up ra0. [ OK ][/code]

And here is mine /etc/network/interfaces
[code]auto ra0
iface ra0 inet dhcp
#address 192.168.1.65
#gateway 192.168.1.254
#dns-nameservers 192.168.1.254
#netmask 255.255.255.0
wpa-driver wext
wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
#wpa-ssid BTHomeHub2-3ZF4
#wpa-ap-scan 1
#wpa-proto RSN
#wpa-pairwise CCMP
#wpa-group CCMP
#wpa-key-mgmt WPA-PSK
#wpa-psk xxx
[/code]

what could be the problem?

Thanks a lot for the page. I ditched Intrepid because of the [blank] gnome network applet. It would take like ages (sometimes like 45 minutes) to connect to my WPA access point.

ta,
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I think the title accurately sums up the situation. Thanks alot!

Originally Posted By Kelly
@[mad]Berry -Your questions made me wonder if I need to do something at my router set up to change it from the WEP to WPA?
My router and ethernet cable is attached to a Windows XP desktop computer. The pc I’m trying to set up wireless is a laptop.

This is indeed the case WPA has better encryption any way so that is always a good idea.

Sorry for the late response your comment ended up in the spam box.

[mad]Berry

Your questions made me wonder if I need to do something at my router set up to change it from the WEP to WPA?
My router and ethernet cable is attached to a Windows XP desktop computer. The pc I’m trying to set up wireless is a laptop.

You Mean the Network manager?

If you have to put in a passphrase then you are using WPA not WEP.
[mad]Berry

If I need to send more info, please tell me how to use the pastebin also. I saved all my terminal screen if needed.

Also, I would like to confirm: is the passphrase the same thing as the WEP encryption key?

Thank you!
KC

Originally Posted By Strider2008
I have installed Ubuntu 8.10 on my HP dv6910us laptop, but am not able to get my wireless card working. I followed the procedure on http://madberry.org/2008/11/how-to-get-atheros-ar242x-to-work-on-810-intrepid-ibex/ but $iwconfig gives “Access point: Not-Associated”. So,I followed the procedure posted here, but on restarting the network, I get the following error message
http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/72743/

You will need to change the wpa-driver madwifi to wpa-driver wext in /etc/network/interfaces also change ath0 to wlan0.

Let me know if this works,
[mad]Berry

lspci | grep Atheros gives :
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)

Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

I am also in need of help to try make my laptop wireless conection work. I followed the instructions on this blog and had no luck yet. Compilation, reboots, wpa-supplicant, etc. [snip]

If you are going to use a fixed IP then you have to declare so in /etc/network/interfaces.

auto ath0
iface ath0 inet static
address 192.168.0.4
gateway 192.168.0.1
wpa-driver madwifi
wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf

I’m assuming here that you’re router is 192.168.0.1 if not then change this

Also please post the result of:

ps aux | grep wpa

and

iwlist ath0 scanning

[mad]Berry

I even changed from kubuntu to ubuntu, both hardy 8.0.4.1. Compiled everything etc. The drivers seems to go up but I dont get an IP or even a list of available APs to connect to. Very much in the dark here.

Wired is working fine. I am using it to send this.

Here is my basic configuration:
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lspci:
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)

(the address is different of your example, I guess it should since this is not a Toshiba. It is actually from a Brazilian make called Evolute PC. I will try to trace its pedigree. Maybe something like Clavo, maybe not)
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/etc/network/interfaces:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

iface ath0 inet dhcp
wireless-essid pavio-curto
wpa-driver madwifi
wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf

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iwconfig:
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wifi0 no wireless extensions.

ath0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:”" Nickname:”"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.417 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:0 kb/s Tx-Power:17 dBm Sensitivity=1/1
Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=0/70 Signal level=-96 dBm Noise level=-96 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

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ip addr:
1: lo: mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
inet6 ::1/128 scope host
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: eth0: mtu 1492 qdisc pfifo_fast qlen 1000
link/ether 00:14:0b:49:11:d4 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 192.168.0.3/24 brd 192.168.0.255 scope global eth0
inet6 fe80::214:bff:fe49:11d4/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
3: wifi0: mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast qlen 280
link/ieee802.11 00:17:c4:23:ef:6d brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
4: ath0: mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue
link/ether 00:17:c4:23:ef:6d brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet6 fe80::217:c4ff:fe23:ef6d/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

Although there is no IPv4 IP associated to ath0, there is one IPv6 and dmesg has some (not many) error messages like:
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ath0: no IPv6 routers present
eth0: no IPv6 routers present
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It seems it can be normal as I dont have an IPv6 router available.

dhclient ath0 returns:
____________________
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.6
Copyright 2004-2007 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

wifi0: unknown hardware address type 801
wifi0: unknown hardware address type 801
Listening on LPF/ath0/00:17:c4:23:ef:6d
Sending on LPF/ath0/00:17:c4:23:ef:6d
Sending on Socket/fallback
DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4
DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8
DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8
DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 11
No DHCPOFFERS received.
No working leases in persistent database – sleeping.
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I dont know if the error:
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wifi0: unknown hardware address type 801
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is relevant or not.

By the way, I changed the configuration in /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf so ath0 would get a fixed IP address (192.168.0.4) and I could actually ping that IP. I dont know, maybe this shows that the wireless device is working? As, besides geting ping to work locally, there was no more progress I changed the configuration back to default.

Well, of course, I dont know where the problem is hiding itself. Remains the fact that the wireless conection still does not work while everything else seems to be fine: sound, video, the wired conection, etc.

I would really appreciate any help here.

Thanks a lot.