Hi All,
I am using Ubuntu 10.04 and I want to use the command line to configure the wireless.
This is as a test so I can use the same commands later on a similar system without possibility to access the Network Manager.
It seems to be going OK and I am possible of connecting to wpa, wpa2, open and WEP protected access points.
However, after using wpa supplicant to connect to wifi, when I want to connect to open wifi, with the same commands that worked before, I don't receive an access point.
As I have an electronics background, I tried hitting the machine, but it didn't seem to help.
I know that it is possible to do this because with the Network Manager it also works.
I am relatively new to Linux so maybe I made some mistake(s).
The commands I am using are these:
Code:
root@gr-phu-0516:/home/gr-phu# ifconfig wlan0 down
root@gr-phu-0516:/home/gr-phu# killall wpa_supplicant
root@gr-phu-0516:/home/gr-phu# killall dhclient
root@gr-phu-0516:/home/gr-phu# wpa_passphrase "aaaaaaaa" aaaaaaaa > /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
root@gr-phu-0516:/home/gr-phu# wpa_supplicant -B -Dwext -i wlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -qq
root@gr-phu-0516:/home/gr-phu# iwconfig wlan0 ap auto mode managed essid "aaaaaaaa" channel 6 key off
root@gr-phu-0516:/home/gr-phu# ifconfig wlan0 up
root@gr-phu-0516:/home/gr-phu# dhclient wlan0
This seems all successful as I can access this forum and get the message:
Code:
There is already a pid file /var/run/dhclient.pid with pid 3651
killed old client process, removed PID file
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.3
Copyright 2004-2009 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit https://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/
Listening on LPF/wlan0/00:24:b2:dc:fb:77
Sending on LPF/wlan0/00:24:b2:dc:fb:77
Sending on Socket/fallback
DHCPREQUEST of 192.168.43.81 on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
DHCPACK of 192.168.43.81 from 192.168.43.1
bound to 192.168.43.81 -- renewal in 1535 seconds.
Then I try to connect to another connection with open wifi (in this case it is physically the same Access Point, but that doesn't seem to make a difference):
Code:
root@gr-phu-0516:/home/gr-phu# ifconfig wlan0 down
root@gr-phu-0516:/home/gr-phu# killall wpa_supplicant
root@gr-phu-0516:/home/gr-phu# killall dhclient
root@gr-phu-0516:/home/gr-phu# iwconfig wlan0 ap auto mode managed essid "aaaaaaa" channel 6 key open
root@gr-phu-0516:/home/gr-phu# ifconfig wlan0 up
root@gr-phu-0516:/home/gr-phu# dhclient wlan0
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.3
Copyright 2004-2009 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit https://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/
Listening on LPF/wlan0/00:24:b2:dc:fb:77
Sending on LPF/wlan0/00:24:b2:dc:fb:77
Sending on Socket/fallback
DHCPREQUEST of 192.168.1.75 on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
DHCPREQUEST of 192.168.1.75 on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 10
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 12
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 16
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 10
No DHCPOFFERS received.
Trying recorded lease 192.168.43.81
PING 192.168.43.1 (192.168.43.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
--- 192.168.43.1 ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 0ms
I am using an Atheros USB stick as hardware.
Maybe some other useful information:
Code:
root@gr-phu-0516:/home/gr-phu# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"aaaaaaa"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=27 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
root@gr-phu-0516:/home/gr-phu# ifconfig
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:28 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:28 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:2512 (2.5 KB) TX bytes:2512 (2.5 KB)
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:24:b2:dc:fb:77
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:2961 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2482 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:2365908 (2.3 MB) TX bytes:516367 (516.3 KB)
root@gr-phu-0516:/home/gr-phu# iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0 Scan completed :
(...)
Cell 04 - Address: 98:0C:82:92:F5:48
Channel:6
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality=70/70 Signal level=-16 dBm
Encryption key:off
ESSID:"aaaaaaa"
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=00000000200991ac
Extra: Last beacon: 608ms ago
IE: Unknown: 000761616161616161
IE: Unknown: 010882848B962430486C
IE: Unknown: 030106
IE: Unknown: 2A0100
IE: Unknown: 2F0100
IE: Unknown: 32040C121860
IE: Unknown: 2D1A0C1019FF00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown: 3D1606080000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown: DD09001018020000000000
(...)
When I remove the USB stick between the operations, I do get an Access Point and ip-address, so I suspect that some process is still running somewhere (?). However, to eject and insert the stick is not really an option.
Connecting to WEP and WPA protected Access Points is not a problem, only open has this issue.
Thanks in advance,
pim
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