Re: orinoco_cs module and WPA not working

[Giacomo Comes <comes@naic.edu>]

On Fri, Dec 03, 2010 at 10:49:55PM +0000, Dave Kilroy wrote:
> >> >> But after removing the line: ap_scan=2
> >> >> the association fails.
> >> >> The log is in the second attachment.
> >> >>
> >> >> Also I have included in the 3rd attachement wpa_supplicant.log when
> >> >> NetworkManager is used.
> >>
> >> > The failure and NM case are the same. There is still a problem with
> >> > scanning. wpa_supplicant initiates a scan, and it appears to time out.
> >> > Without scan results wpa_supplicant is not able to select an
> >> > appropriate AP.
> >> >
> >> > Is the driver reporting any scanning issues in dmesg while
> >> > wpa_supplicant is running?
> >
> > In dmesg there is:
> > ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready
> >
> > and on standard error:
> > ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Invalid argument
> 
> Those are expected.
> 
> I'm at a loss. I've looked at the wpa_supplicant code, and had another
> look at the driver. The scan should be a plain wildcard scan - which
> you've identified works.
> 
> Does setting scan_ssid=1 in the wpa_supplicant network block change
> the behaviour? That's usually only necessary for hidden SSIDs - but
> I'd like to know if the scan succeeds in this case.

No It doesn't work.
But I have more informations for you.

I have been testing different versions of wpa_supplicant
and I have found that if a use wpa_supplicant 0.7.0 or earlier,
it works. With 0.7.1 or newer it fails.
wpa_supplicant 0.7.0 works even without applying your patch.

I hope this helps.
Giacomo