Yes, you are right! That is the problem! The system was configured with "shared key", I changed that to "open system" and now it works.
(sorry I'm a wireless novice) Is that a known isssue that "shared key" doesn't work or is this normal? thanks didier ----- Original Message ----- From: "John L. Scarfone" Date: Monday, August 14, 2006 20:13 Subject: Re: connect to a wep accesspoint (wpi0) howto? To: misc@openbsd.org > On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 05:31:41PM +0000, Didier Wiroth voiced: > > Ok ... it looks like an authentication problem ... > > config chan 11 flags 8025 cck f ofdm 15 > > wpi0: sending auth to 00:09:5b:xx:xx:xx on channel 11 > > wpi0: received auth from 00:09:5b:xx:xx:xx rssi 68 > > wpi0: open authentication failed (reason 13) for 00:09:5b:xx:xx:xx > > > > I tried every possible combination with "ipconfig wpi0 nwkey > 0x0784c5c4fcafa91c537df07839"> or with nwkey > 1:0x0784c5c4fcafa91c537df07839,0x0784c5c4fcafa91c537df07839,0x0784c5c4fcafa91c537df07839,0x0784c5c4fcafa91c537df07839> > or nwkey 1:0x0784c5c4fcafa91c537df07839 > > etc all fail, the key is correct as it is a copy paste ... > > > > what else can I try ? > > thx a lot for helping on the issue!!! > > Perhaps this is a open system auth vs. shared key auth problem. > Can you > set your AP to do open auth and see if you can associate then? > > -- > ajBAY294Lm5ldA==
