hmm, here's something interesting I just noticed when plugging the WaveLAN card into my linux laptop:

tail -f /var/log/messages

May 1 13:05:27 nova kernel: pcmcia 0.0: pcmcia: registering new device pcmcia0.0 (IRQ: 16)
May 1 13:05:27 nova kernel: [ 71.418858] orinoco_cs 0.0: Hardware identity 0001:0001:0004:0000
May 1 13:05:27 nova kernel: [ 71.418976] orinoco_cs 0.0: Station identity 001f:0001:0004:0034
May 1 13:05:27 nova kernel: [ 71.418978] orinoco_cs 0.0: Firmware determined as Lucent/Agere 4.52
May 1 13:05:27 nova kernel: orinoco_cs 0.0: Hardware identity 0001:0001:0004:0000
May 1 13:05:27 nova kernel: orinoco_cs 0.0: Station identity 001f:0001:0004:0034
May 1 13:05:27 nova kernel: orinoco_cs 0.0: Firmware determined as Lucent/Agere 4.52
May 1 13:05:27 nova kernel: [ 71.568399] orinoco_cs 0.0: Hardware identity 0001:0001:0004:0000
May 1 13:05:27 nova kernel: [ 71.568529] orinoco_cs 0.0: Station identity 001f:0002:0009:0030
May 1 13:05:27 nova kernel: [ 71.568531] orinoco_cs 0.0: Firmware determined as Lucent/Agere 9.48
May 1 13:05:27 nova kernel: [ 71.568533] orinoco_cs 0.0: Ad-hoc demo mode supported
May 1 13:05:27 nova kernel: [ 71.568535] orinoco_cs 0.0: IEEE standard IBSS ad-hoc mode supported
May 1 13:05:27 nova kernel: [ 71.568536] orinoco_cs 0.0: WEP supported, 104-bit key
May 1 13:05:27 nova kernel: [ 71.568538] orinoco_cs 0.0: WPA-PSK supported
May 1 13:05:27 nova kernel: orinoco_cs 0.0: Hardware identity 0001:0001:0004:0000
May 1 13:05:27 nova kernel: orinoco_cs 0.0: Station identity 001f:0002:0009:0030
May 1 13:05:27 nova kernel: orinoco_cs 0.0: Firmware determined as Lucent/Agere 9.48
May 1 13:05:27 nova kernel: orinoco_cs 0.0: Ad-hoc demo mode supported
May 1 13:05:27 nova kernel: orinoco_cs 0.0: IEEE standard IBSS ad-hoc mode supported
May 1 13:05:27 nova kernel: orinoco_cs 0.0: WEP supported, 104-bit key
May 1 13:05:27 nova kernel: orinoco_cs 0.0: WPA-PSK supported


this raises (more...) questions on my side:
a) are the card's properties as shown here (firmware, encryption support, ...) determined by the hardware, or the driver software (orinoco_cs)?
b) why are there two different versions of firmware?
c) WEP 104-bit key? (compare initial post: WEP 40/128-bit key ad-hoc network)
d) "WPA-PSK supported", does that mean that this card has already been firmware-flashed-updated? (or is this a driver feature?)


any help appreciated
thanks,
ro

hi,

i'm unable to connect to my WLAN(s) - maybe someone could help me...?


using linux fedora 20, i created a adhoc network:
SSID: testadhoc
mode: ad-hoc
band: automatic
security: WEP 40/128-bit key (Hex or ASCII)
key: 12345

(there's more settings here, but this is what I think is required and relevant, and IP-addresses and routing shouldn't matter right now)

I have a A1200 with WaveLAN IEEE802.11 PCMCIA card (the back of the card says: "encryption: WEP", and it has white connector edges), and prism2v2.lha (from aminet, installed).

"ENV:sys/wireless.prefs" looks like this:
network={
ssid="testadhoc"
key_mgmt=NONE
wep_key0="12345"
wep_tx_keyidx=0
}

(some more stuff here, but outcommented with "#")

on the linux machine, I select "connect to testadhoc", and looks fine so far, blue bars show connection active.

on the amiga, I run:
> WirelessManager prism2.device verbose

and this is what it says:

Initializing interface 'prism2.device:0' conf 'ENV:Sys/Wireless.prefs' driver 'default' ctrl_interface 'N/A' bridge 'N/A'
Configuration file 'ENV:Sys/Wireless.prefs' -> 'ENV:Sys/Wireless.prefs'
Reading configuration file 'ENV:Sys/Wireless.prefs'
Line: 7 - start of a new network block
ssid - hexdump_ascii(len=9):
74 65 73 74 61 64 68 6f 63 testadhoc
key_mgmt: 0x4
wep_key0 - hexdump(len=5): [REMOVED]
wep_tx_keyidx=0 (0x0)
Priority group 0
id=0 ssid='testadhoc'
*** [wpa_sm_init] sm->pmksa=0x3aeaec ***
Own MAC address: 00:60:1d:f7:43:1c
RSN: flushing PMKID list in the driver
Setting scan request: 0 sec 100000 usec
EAPOL: SUPP_PAE entering state DISCONNECTED
EAPOL: Supplicant port status: Unauthorized
EAPOL: KEY_RX entering state NO_KEY_RECEIVE
EAPOL: SUPP_BE entering state INITIALIZE
EAP: EAP entering state DISABLED
EAPOL: Supplicant port status: Unauthorized
EAPOL: Supplicant port status: Unauthorized
Added interface prism2.device:0
State: DISCONNECTED -> SCANNING
Starting AP scan for wildcard SSID
EAPOL: disable timer tick
EAPOL: Supplicant port status: Unauthorized
BSS: Start scan result update 1
BSS: Add new id 0 BSSID 9c:c7:a6:5d:fe:b8 SSID 'roCrack!'
[...]
BSS: Add new id 9 BSSID 1a:f8:0e:88:53:87 SSID 'testadhoc'
New scan results available
Selecting BSS from priority group 0
Try to find WPA-enabled AP
0: 9c:c7:a6:5d:fe:b8 ssid='roCrack!' wpa_ie_len=22 rsn_ie_len=20 caps=0x31
skip - SSID mismatch
[...]
9: 1a:f8:0e:88:53:87 ssid='testadhoc' wpa_ie_len=0 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x12
skip - no WPA/RSN IE
Try to find non-WPA AP
0: 9c:c7:a6:5d:fe:b8 ssid='roCrack!' wpa_ie_len=22 rsn_ie_len=20 caps=0x31
skip - SSID mismatch
[...]
9: 1a:f8:0e:88:53:87 ssid='testadhoc' wpa_ie_len=0 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x12
skip - IBSS (adhoc) network
No suitable network found
Setting scan request: 5 sec 0 usec
CTRL-EVENT-TERMINATING - signal 12 received
Removing interface prism2.device:0
No keys have been configured - skip key clearing
State: SCANNING -> DISCONNECTED
EAPOL: External notification - portEnabled=0
EAPOL: Supplicant port status: Unauthorized
EAPOL: External notification - portValid=0
EAPOL: Supplicant port status: Unauthorized
No keys have been configured - skip key clearing
BSS: Remove id 0 BSSID 9c:c7:a6:5d:fe:b8 SSID 'roCrack!'
[...]
BSS: Remove id 9 BSSID 1a:f8:0e:88:53:87 SSID 'testadhoc'
Cancelling scan request
Cancelling authentication timeout


can someone explain what's going on?
why does it skip my "testadhoc" network?


thanks,
regards,
ro


(p.s.: next step would be to connect to my regular WLAN, possibly with WPA/WPA2 encryption, but that's a different story, I guess.)