Thanks Brian- Well, that's confusing... for the man page to say one thing and the README.Debian file to say another...
OK, so I missed the section that says: ***** A summary of supported drivers follows: Driver Description ====== =========== nl80211 Linux 802.11 netlink interface wext Linux wireless extensions (generic) wired wired Ethernet driver ***** BUT... I had actually tried the wext driver as well...and it had failed with this output: root@eve:~# wpa_supplicant -Dwext -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -ieth0 -d Initializing interface 'eth0' conf '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' driver 'wext' ctrl_interface 'N/A' bridge 'N/A' Configuration file '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' -> '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' Reading configuration file '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' ctrl_interface='DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=root' Priority group 0 id=0 ssid='gojo1985' ioctl[SIOCSIWMODE]: Operation not supported Could not configure driver to use managed mode ioctl[SIOCGIWRANGE]: Operation not supported ioctl[SIOCGIWMODE]: Operation not supported ioctl[SIOCSIWAP]: Operation not supported WEXT: Failed to set bogus BSSID/SSID to disconnect netlink: Operstate: linkmode=1, operstate=5 Own MAC address: 00:08:74:47:75:4b wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 key_idx=0 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0 ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Operation not supported Driver did not support SIOCSIWENCODEEXT, trying SIOCSIWENCODE ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODE]: Operation not supported * many more similar lines snipped * It does this even after I unload the ipw module... So I am still evidently missing a step... Will a bad wpa_supplicant.conf or /etc/network/interfaces cause this kind of error? Keith > On Thu 27 Oct 2011 at 14:45:38 -0700, kei...@strucktower.com wrote: > >> I am trying to learn how to setup wireless on one of my old Dell C610 >> laptops with an Intel IPW2200 wireless card using command line only. I >> have a fresh install of 7.0 Wheezy (3.0), all updated, and the ipw >> firmware loaded. According to the Debian Reference Manual I need to >> configure wpa_supplicant as a next step. When I try to invoke it I get a >> message saying the ipw driver isn't supported, although the man page for >> wpa_supplicant states that ipw _is_ supported...(for now I am running >> all >> these as root): > > The man page also says: > > For a list of supported driver backends that may be used with the > -D option on your system, refer to the help output of wpa_supplicant > (wpa_supplicant -h). > > You should find the README.Debian very useful. > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/a2dce2a70d3271515b9595dcc901eb32.squir...@webmail.strucktower.com
