Am 04.07.2013 22:57, schrieb Michael Biebl: > Hi Roland, > >> Jul 4 16:02:25 elastomir wpa_supplicant[1700]: nl80211: 'nl80211' generic >> netlink not found >> Jul 4 16:02:25 elastomir wpa_supplicant[1700]: Failed to initialize driver >> 'nl80211' >> Jul 4 16:02:25 elastomir wpa_supplicant[1700]: ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: >> Invalid argument >> Jul 4 16:02:25 elastomir wpa_supplicant[1700]: ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: >> Invalid argument >> Jul 4 16:02:31 elastomir wpa_supplicant[1700]: eth1: Trying to associate >> with 14:0c:76:f9:23:bd (SSID='FreeWifi' freq=2472 MHz) >> Jul 4 16:02:31 elastomir wpa_supplicant[1700]: ioctl[SIOCSIWGENIE]: >> Operation not supported >> Jul 4 16:02:31 elastomir wpa_supplicant[1700]: eth1: Association request to >> the driver failed > > > That looks suspcious. Do you get a reliable network connection if you > use ifupdown+wpa_supplicant directly?
It would be useful to test both wext *and* nl80211. > The difference between squeeze and wheezy might be, that NM now uses > nl80211 instead of wext and the old card/driver is possibly not > supporting the new interface properly. > The problem is, that if a driver supports both interfaces, nl80211 is preferred over wext. I'm a bit puzzled about > Jul 4 16:02:24 elastomir NetworkManager[12446]: <info> (eth1): using WEXT > for WiFi device control So NM says it is using WEXT, but wpasupplicant is complaining about nl80211 related errors. My guess is, that the problem is buried somewhere there. Michael -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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