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Subject:  Re: help troubleshooting failures connect to an access point with
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* I Wrote on Sun, 12 Sep 2021 03:39:32 +0530 (IST),
in <20210912.033932.2187976226343353888.enometh@meer.net> :

> I've been using wpa_supplicant with rtw88 and b43 cards to connect to
> a wpa-psk home router successfully for many years. This was with
> -Wext. However I'm not able to accomplish this with iw or iwd.

The iwd part of the story has a resolution:

> $/usr/libexec/iwd --version
> 1.17
> $/usr/libexec/iwd -d
> $ iwctl station wlan0 get-hidden-access-points
> $ iwctl --passphrase=XXX  station wlan0 connect SSID
>
> If this connects it always immediately disconnects
>
> kernel: [86195.924708] wlan0: authenticate with 58:xx:6e:xx:51:e4
> kernel: [86196.264641] wlan0: send auth to 58:xx:6e:xx:51:e4 (try 1/3)
> kernel: [86196.268477] wlan0: authenticated
> kernel: [86196.274379] wlan0: associate with 58:xx:6e:xx:51:e4 (try 1/3)
> kernel: [86196.281420] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 58:xx:6e:xx:51:e4
> (capab=0x411 status=0 aid=1)
> kernel: [86196.281491] rtw_8822ce 0000:xx:00.0: sta 58:xx:6e:xx:51:e4
> joined with macid 0
> kernel: [86196.282235] wlan0: associated
> kernel: [86238.445926] wlan0: deauthenticated from 58:xx:6e:xx:51:e4
> (Reason: 6=CLASS2_FRAME_FROM_NONAUTH_STA)
> kernel: [86238.594381] rtw_8822ce 0000:xx:00.0: sta 58:xx:6e:xx:51:e4 with macid 0 left
>
> - So an connection, after authentication immediately deauthenticates
>   with (Reason: 6=CLASS2_FRAME_FROM_NONAUTH_STA). The deauthentication
>   happens when any packet is to be sent on the interface

As was pointed out, this is avoided by a

[General]
ControlPortOverNL80211=False

item in /etc/iwd/main.conf

The other problems are outstanding.