Re: wl127x: Unable to associate with a WPA2-PSK AP

["José Miguel Gonçalves" <jose.goncalves@inov.pt>]

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On 11-07-2013 14:29, Luciano Coelho wrote:
> On Thu, 2013-07-11 at 13:08 +0100, José Miguel Gonçalves wrote:
>>
>> I've setup my Linuc PC as a sniffer and yes I see a lot of of authentication
>> frames on the air when I try to associate with my open AP (Android phone).
>>
>> I've repeated the process with a TP-Link dongle and I see a clean 802.11
>> association sequence.
>>
>> What I found strange is that I don't see "probe request" frames on the wl12xx
>> captured frames, it starts directly with an "authentication" frame, when with the
>> TP-Link dongle (ath9k_htc driver) the first frame sent by is a "probe request"!
> Usually the connection will start with a probe request, but if there is
> a response in the cache, we may skip it.  In any case, this is probably
> happening because your sniffer is missing those frames (which again
> points to problems with RF).
>
>
>> I can provide the Wirehsark capture files. What is the best way to send them
>> through the mailing list?
> Cut only the portion that matters, so the file is small and gzip it.
> Small files can be sent as attachments to the list.
>

Here they go...

José Gonçalves

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