I am not sure I can explain this:
I can connect to an AP (using WEP), but only after I run
# iwconfig wlan0 ap auto
Within the next few seconds I get an IP via dhcpcd and I can immediately
connect to the Internet, but very unreliably. Within a few seconds it seems
that the link goes down, i.e. I can no longer ping Internet addresses, or the
AP, despite iwconfig showing that all is fine connection wise:
# iwconfig wlan0
wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"daddy"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.442 GHz Access Point: 00:18:4D:AE:55:2C
Bit Rate=12 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr
ff Fragment thr=2346 B
Encryption key:8B7B-9671-89
Link Quality=31/100 Signal level=-56 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
wpa_cli also shows that the connection is OK:
> status
bssid=00:18:4d:ae:55:2c
ssid=daddy
id=2
pairwise_cipher=WEP-40
group_cipher=WEP-40
key_mgmt=NONE
wpa_state=COMPLETED
ip_address=192.168.0.9
Ping-ing the AP has some ridiculous latency, or it fails completely:
$ ping -c 3 192.168.0.1
PING 192.168.0.1 (192.168.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=6737 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=6725 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=255 time=7736 ms
--- 192.168.0.1 ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2009ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 6725.875/7066.811/7736.602/473.648 ms, pipe 3
This is what's in the wpa_supplicant conf:
network={
ssid="daddy"
bssid=00:18:4D:AE:55:2C
key_mgmt=NONE
# mode="managed"
wep_key0=8B7B967189
# wep_key1="BA6889DB39"
# wep_key2="D3D68AA753"
# wep_key3="35116656AB"
wep_tx_keyidx=0
group=WEP40
priority=4
}
Any idea?
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Regards,
Mick
wpa_supplicant confusion
