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Matthijs · Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 9:08 am Post subject: Quick hack to WPA support in 2.9

Hello all,

In 2.9 the low-level access to WPA(2) is enabled and working, there is just no GUI.

If you have the SHELL script execution package installed you can start a wireless WPA connection like so:

BACbKA · Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 109 Location: Israel

Matthijs, thank you very much for this info. Although I personally am afraid of the shell access prior to the unbricking feature, it's really a great thing to know that the feature is there and available for those who are more plucky Smile

narve · Joined: 17 Oct 2006 Posts: 94

Great!!!! Thanks, I've been waiting for this, now I can also connect at work.

Too bad the computer transfer functionality you added was what I feared and not what I wanted, but it is still a lot better than using USB cable.
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narve · Joined: 17 Oct 2006 Posts: 94

This doesn't work for me, I get this error:

network = {...}
ioctl[siocsiwpmksa]: Invalid argument
wpa configuration error
selected interface 'wlan0'
ok
deepsleep etc.

any ideas?
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Matthijs · Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 1:17 pm Post subject:

Are you sure you're on the 2.9 kernel?

root@ereader:~# uname -a
Linux ereader 2.4.19-rmk7-pxa2-irex1 #2900 Mon Mar 5 13:47:36 CET 2007 armv5tel unknown

edit Ah, now I get that same error message. You can ignore that one Smile

For me WPA and WPA2 work, but you might have some setup that is not supported. If you want to dive into the WPA supplicant configuration, be my guest...

Matthijs · Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 1:23 pm Post subject:

If I use an incorrect passphrase, I also get "wpa configuration error"

narve · Joined: 17 Oct 2006 Posts: 94

noptix · Joined: 05 Sep 2006 Posts: 11

Hi,
this hack does not work for me to. I tripple checked everything. Did even start to produce my own wpa_supplicant.conf
But I do always get: "ioctl[siocsiwpmksa]: Invalid argument"
Is there any way to enable logging, so I can check which argument is invalid?
Anyway, thanks for your good work on this wonderfull device.

noptix

Matthijs · Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 9:30 am Post subject:

Matthijs · Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 9:40 am Post subject:

If you add "-d" or even "-dd" to the call to wpa_supplicant, it will output a lot more debugging.

Matthijs · Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 2:21 pm Post subject:

Is there anyone who actually got this working? Otherwise we probably need to reconsider releasing this the next version (if it only works in our lab and not in the 'real' world)...

Any feedback appreciated.

noptix · Joined: 05 Sep 2006 Posts: 11

Hi Matthijs,
I did not get it to work yet. I modified wireless.sh and added the -dd, then i gave it more time to connect. It always stopped saying: "Daemonizing..." (or similar). After that i gave up cause it is to hard for me to work with the terminal on the iliad (slow display updates) and i do not have a dropbear installed. Perhaps I'll find some time this evening or tomorrow to get a dropbear and look into it again. I hope I'll find the problem.
Thanks for your work.

noptix

narve · Joined: 17 Oct 2006 Posts: 94

k2r · Joined: 24 Oct 2006 Posts: 22

Matthijs · Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 8:52 am Post subject:

Thanks k2r, that is what I want to hear Wink