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Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:46:28 +0100
From: Antonio Quartulli <quartulli@atsystem.org>
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To: Helge Hafting <helge.hafting@aitel.hist.no>
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Subject: Re: Problems with iwl3945, hard to connect to encrypted networks
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try using the iwlwifi module in the compat-wireless-2.6
It seems to work very well here.
In past, I got same problem with kernel module.

Helge Hafting ha scritto:
> I have a Dell830 that uses the 3945 driver.
> I have tried kernels 2.6.23, 2.6.24 and 2.6.35-rc3.
> 
> Unencrypted networks seems to work well,
> I usually connect on first try.
> 
> Encrypted networks are harder. They work fine
> once I get connected, but I have to try
> very many times before the connection works.
> 
> I bring up the interface using
> ifconfig wlan0 up
> and configure it with
> iwconfig wlan0 essid SSID key s:password
> 
> If I run iwconfig first, I usually get something
> like this in the dmesg log:
> ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
> 
> If I run iwconfig after ifconfig, I get:
> wlan0: Initial auth_alg=0
> wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:14:1b:5a:13:40
> wlan0: privacy configuration mismatch and mixed-cell disabled - 
> disassociate
> wlan0: RX authentication from 00:14:1b:5a:13:40 (alg=0 transaction=2 
> status=0)
> wlan0: authenticated
> wlan0: associate with AP 00:14:1b:5a:13:40
> wlan0: mismatch in privacy configuration and mixed-cell disabled - abort 
> association
> wlan0: RX deauthenticaion from 00:14:1b:5a:13:40 (reason=2)
> wlan0: deauthenticated
> 
> 
> Try fifty times - and sometimes it just works. Most of the time I get 
> this exact failure.  The same happens with other access points that uses 
> encryption. Retrying manually is tedious though.
> 
> I compiled the kernels myself using gcc-4.2.3 from debian.
> The kernel is 64-bit and SMP, to take full advantage of
> the core2duo processor.
> 
> 
> Helge Hafting
> 
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