Re: Problems connecting to public WiFi with latest 80211 code

Kevin Oberman wrote:
> I had not seen this problem because I do not use the wpa_supplicant to
> connect to open networks when at home, but I am on travel this week and
> it has been a real pain.
> 
> System is current as of this afternoon and is running on a ThinkPad T43
> with an Atheros 5212 mini-PCI card.

mac+phy revs for card are always important; dmesg|grep ath

> 
> When the system comes up, the wpa_supplicant starts, but the system
> never scans except with 'authmode WPA1+WPA2/802.11i privacy ON' and
> never tries to associate with an open AP even though I have an entry in
> wpa_supplicant.conf for that network. I have to issue a 'ifconfig
> wepmode off' to get it to associate.

I don't see a log from wpa_supplicant or console debug msgs as obtained
with wlandebug.

> 
> Even then, it still won't always associate until I ifconfig the
> interface down and up. Once I do this, it seems to associate rather
> quickly. 
> 
> I suspect that the problem reported on mobile by Matthias Apitz and jhb
> may be a part of the problem, but I think the inability to get to
> authmode OPEN is different.
> 
> I use the supplicant at home and it works fine, but that is NOT an open
> network, so I don't need the interface to run in OPEN mode.
> 
> Any idea what is going on and if it can be fixed or worked around?

I can't help w/o the usual info: what os, card info (mac+phy), and how
to reproduce (e.g. wpa_supplicant.conf and cmd line).

	Sam