2.6.17-rc6, bcm43xx and WPA

2.6.17-rc6, bcm43xx and WPA

[Andreas Rittershofer]

I've installed kernel 2.6.17-rc6 and activited the bcm43xx-driver for my
Broadcom-Chip in my notebook, also softmac, ...

The wlan-driver is loaded successfully, I can set all parameters and so
on.

I also installed wpa_supplicant without problems.

Authentication to my AP is not possible, the problem seems to be:

ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Invalid argument
Driver did not support SIOCSIWENCODEEXT
WPA: Failed to set PTK to the driver.


So it seems that the bcm43xx-driver included in this kernel versions is
not ok - I cannot connect to my AP using WPA.

Any hints?

mfg ar

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Re: 2.6.17-rc6, bcm43xx and WPA

[Daniel Drake]

Andreas Rittershofer wrote:
> Authentication to my AP is not possible, the problem seems to be:
> 
> ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Invalid argument
> Driver did not support SIOCSIWENCODEEXT
> WPA: Failed to set PTK to the driver.

Looks like you didn't compile the relevant software encryption support 
into your kernel.

> So it seems that the bcm43xx-driver included in this kernel versions is
> not ok - I cannot connect to my AP using WPA.

WPA through softmac is flaky (at least it is with ZD1211), it works for 
some but not for others.

Daniel

Re: 2.6.17-rc6, bcm43xx and WPA

[Jason Lunz]

dsd@gentoo.org said:
> WPA through softmac is flaky (at least it is with ZD1211), it works for 
> some but not for others.

It's working fine for me with bcm43xx in 2.6.17-rc6.

Jason

Re: 2.6.17-rc6, bcm43xx and WPA

[Andreas Rittershofer]

Am Donnerstag, den 08.06.2006, 18:02 +0100 schrieb Daniel Drake:
> Andreas Rittershofer wrote:
> > Authentication to my AP is not possible, the problem seems to be:
> > 
> > ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Invalid argument
> > Driver did not support SIOCSIWENCODEEXT
> > WPA: Failed to set PTK to the driver.
> 
> Looks like you didn't compile the relevant software encryption support 
> into your kernel.
> 

Do you mean the following:

CONFIG_IEEE80211_CRYPT_CCMP= m
CONFIG_IEEE80211_CRYPT_TKIP= m
CONFIG_IEEE80211_CRYPT_SOFTMAC= m

These are made as modules.

mfg ar
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