How to deal with wpa_supplicant error?
SOLVED: The wired interface (eth0 in my case) must be shut down otherwise it appears to disrupt the correct operation of the wireless interface (eth1 in my case) and wpa_supplicant.
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John
Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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John over 1 year
I'm using Ubuntu 11.10 and I've copied the
wpa_supplicant
configs from another computer running Ubuntu 11.10, which is connected to my home network.The non-connecting device has an Intel wireless card which uses the
ipw2100
driver and the wireless interface is calledeth1
. Issuing theiwlist
scanning command shows that the card can see my network SSID (along with several others).However, when I run the command:
wpa_supplicant -Dwext -ieth1 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
I get the error message:
wpa_supplicant ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Invalid argument
Any guidance on explaining this error and help in getting
wpa_supplicant
to work giving me connectivity to my home network would be greatly appreciated.-
John about 12 yearsAlso when issuing -italic_wpa_supplicant -Dwext -ieth1 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf_italic_ I'm getting italic_Trying to associate with [My SSID etc]_italic followed by italic_ioctl[SIOCSIWFREQ]: Operation not supported_italic followed by italic_Association request to the driver failed_italic
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Jorge Castro about 12 yearsWelcome to Ask Ubuntu, please put the new information in your question (click edit), that way you can continually add information to your question.
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