WLAN not working

[Al Johnson]

Exactly what are you using in your config files, and what commands are you 
running? Which image are you using? Are you using a configuration that's 
known to work with your network on another machine?

You could also try using wpa_cli to tell you a bit more about what's going on.

Using the /etc/network/intercfaces method after running ifup eth0 I get an 
error from busybox sed which desn't accept the --quiet option, followed by:
WPA: configuring interface
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Operation not supported
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Operation not supported
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Operation not supported
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Operation not supported
udhpc(v1.0.2) started

Sometimes wpa_supplicant associates before udhcpc times out, and sometimes I 
have to rerun it to get an address. If anyone knows how to so debian-style 
network configs so that udhcpc is run on wpa_supplicant association as it is 
on gentoo I would love to know! Occasionally, for reasons I haven't yet 
discovered, wpa_supplicant fails to associate with the access point, then 
without changing the configs it will work again. 

On Sunday 06 July 2008, flexd wrote:
> After updating and upgrading i now get exactly the same error as when i
> specified -Dwext, so something is wrong something still :/
>
> anyone got any ideas?
>
> regards
>
> Kristoffer
>
> flexd skrev:
> > This is not working (adding -Dwext) i only get additional errors then:
> >
> > ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Operation not supported
> > ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODE]: Input/output error
> > ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Operation not supported
> > ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODE]: Input/output error
> > ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Operation not supported
> > ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODE]: Input/output error
> > ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Operation not supported
> > ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODE]: Input/output error
> >
> > Going to try updating and upgrading now.
> >
> > Al Johnson skrev:
> >> I am using WPA-PSK successfully on the Freerunner using a simple
> >> wpa_supplicant.conf and one extra line in /etc/network/interfaces as
> >> described at the end of http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/GTA02_wlan
> >> It is on interface eth0 and the driver is compiled into the kernel
> >> rather than being a module.
> >>
> >> I haven't tried this with the original image, but it has worked on every
> >> other image I've tried. The original image may be using an older
> >> wpa_supplicant version where the default driver was hostap (for prism2)
> >> not wext as it is in the current images. If so then you either need to
> >> supply the option -Dwext on the wpa_supplicant command line, or add an
> >> extra line
> >> to /etc/network/interfaces under the wpa-config one:
> >> 	wpa-driver wext
> >>
> >> On Saturday 05 July 2008, flexd wrote:
> >>> After some test and error on my FR, i have come to the conclusion that
> >>> encryption (any type of encryption) does not work on the FR (atleast
> >>> not the image it comes with), this seems to be either a kernel
> >>> bug/misconfiguration or a problem with wpa_supplicant itself, it seems
> >>> to be using PRISM2 drivers? But the card is atheros is it not?
> >>>
> >>> I am able to connect to open networks both the normal way (with
> >>> iwconfig) and with wpa_supplicant,  however connecting to encrypted
> >>> networks has proven unsuccessful as wpa_supplicant complains about
> >>> setting the encryption with this message repeatedly:
> >>>
> >>> ioctl[PRISM2_IOCTL_HOSTAPD]: Operation not supported
> >>>
> >>> Not sure what's going on, maybe someone with a bit more info could
> >>> reply.. :)
> >>>
> >>> Regards
> >>>
> >>> Kristoffer
> >>>
> >>> Alexander Paersch skrev:
> >>>> iwlist scanning works for me. I followed this guide:
> >>>> http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/GTA02_wlan
> >>>>
> >>>> On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 10:55 PM, Flyin_bbb8 <flyin.bbb8 at gmail.com> 
wrote:
> >>>>> iwconfig? Or
> >>>>> iwlist scanning?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On 7/5/08, Christoph Anton Mitterer <calestyo at scientia.net> wrote:
> >>>>>> Hi.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I've received my GTA02 yesterday :-)
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Flashed it to the most recent version
> >>>>>> (http://downloads.openmoko.org/releases/Freerunner/)...
> >>>>>> Unfortunately,... when I try to use WLAN I get this:
> >>>>>> root at om-gta02:~# ifup wlan0
> >>>>>> Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
> >>>>>>     SET failed on device wlan0 ; No such device.
> >>>>>> Error for wireless request "Set ESSID" (8B1A) :
> >>>>>>     SET failed on device wlan0 ; No such device.
> >>>>>> ifconfig: SIOCGIFFLAGS: No such device
> >>>>>> wlan0     No such device
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> udhcpc: SIOCGIFINDEX: No such device
> >>>>>> root at om-gta02:~#
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> And when I use the following config:
> >>>>>> # /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8),
> >>>>>> ifdown(8)
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> # The loopback interface
> >>>>>> auto lo
> >>>>>> iface lo inet loopback
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> iface wlan0 inet dhcp
> >>>>>>         wpa-ssid "scientia.net"
> >>>>>>         wpa-psk "secret"
> >>>>>> #        wpa-scan-ssid 1
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> # Wireless interfaces
> >>>>>> #iface wlan0 inet dhcp
> >>>>>> #wireless_mode managed
> >>>>>> #wireless_essid any
> >>>>>> iface atml0 inet dhcp
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> # Wired or wireless interfaces
> >>>>>> iface eth0 inet dhcp
> >>>>>> iface eth1 inet dhcp
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> # Ethernet/RNDIS gadget (g_ether)
> >>>>>> # ... or on host side, usbnet and random hwaddr
> >>>>>> auto usb0
> >>>>>> iface usb0 inet static
> >>>>>>         address 192.168.200.2
> >>>>>>         netmask 255.255.255.0
> >>>>>>         network 192.168.200.0
> >>>>>>         gateway 192.168.200.1
> >>>>>>         up echo nameserver 192.168.200.1 >/etc/resolv.conf
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> # Bluetooth networking
> >>>>>> iface bnep0 inet dhcp
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I get this:
> >>>>>> root at om-gta02:~# ifup wlan0
> >>>>>> WPA: Configuring Interface
> >>>>>> ioctl[SIOCSIWPMKSA]: No such device
> >>>>>> ioctl[SIOCSIWMODE]: No such device
> >>>>>> Could not configure driver to use managed mode
> >>>>>> ioctl[SIOCGIFFLAGS]: No such device
> >>>>>> Could not set interface 'wlan0' UP
> >>>>>> ioctl[SIOCGIWRANGE]: No such device
> >>>>>> ioctl[SIOCGIFINDEX]: No such device
> >>>>>> ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: No such device
> >>>>>> ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODE]: No such device
> >>>>>> ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: No such device
> >>>>>> ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODE]: No such device
> >>>>>> ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: No such device
> >>>>>> ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODE]: No such device
> >>>>>> ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: No such device
> >>>>>> ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODE]: No such device
> >>>>>> ioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]: No such device
> >>>>>> WEXT auth param 7 value 0x0 - Failed to disable WPA in the driver.
> >>>>>> ioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]: No such device
> >>>>>> WEXT auth param 5 value 0x0 - ioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]: No such device
> >>>>>> WEXT auth param 4 value 0x0 - ioctl[SIOCSIWAP]: No such device
> >>>>>> ioctl[SIOCGIFFLAGS]: No such device
> >>>>>> wpa_supplicant: /usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant daemon failed to start
> >>>>>> FAILED
> >>>>>> Failed to connect to wpa_supplicant - wpa_ctrl_open: No such file or
> >>>>>> directory
> >>>>>> ifconfig: SIOCGIFFLAGS: No such device
> >>>>>> wlan0     No such device
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> udhcpc: SIOCGIFINDEX: No such device
> >>>>>> root at om-gta02:~#
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Any ideas?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Thanks,
> >>>>>> Chris.
> >>>>>
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