D-Link WNA-2330 No WPA

Forum: Networking
Topic: D-Link WNA-2330 No WPA
started by: ottershaw

Posted by ottershaw on Mar. 24 2007,17:24

Hello All,

DSL v 3.3 is Damn Near Perfect ! If I can just get this one little issue solved, I'll swear off WINBLOZE forever.

My problem is not being able to access a WPA enabled AP. In my case the card is recognized as interface ath0.

Hardware:
IBM Thinkpad 600e
400 mhz, 384 mb RAM
Atheros Wlan Card D-Link WNA-2330 plugged into the pc card slot. (changing slots does not help)

The D-Link WNA-2330 (wireless a,b,g) on my Thinkpad 600e works perfectly under Knoppix 5.1.1 using either the wext or madwifi drivers.

Code Sample

wpa_supplicant -iath0 -Dwext -c/path/to/wpa_supplicant.conf
pump -iath0

The commands above work great in Knoppix, but bork big-time in DSL3.3 and earlier. (And all the way up to 3.3RC3)

ERROR message reads in part:

Code Sample

wpa_driver_wext_set_wpa
ioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]Operation not supported
Failed to enable WPA in the driver

I have read most of the postings on the site related to the wpa_supplicant issue and have tried most of the suggestions. The ndiswrapper method also failed to enable wpa on the card. FWIW ndiswrapper doesn't work in KNOPPIX 5.1.1 with this card.

This does not seem to be an IRQ conflict since the card works perfectly with WPA in Knoppix.

Please let me know if more info will help.

Output of the PCMCIA Tool:

Code Sample

PRODID_1="Atheros Communication, Inc."
PRODID_2="AR5001-0000-0000"
PRODID_3="Wireless LAN Reference Card"
PRODID_4="00"
MANFID=0271,0012
FUNCID=6

The key questions seem to be:

1) What is the difference between the wpa_supplicant in Knoppix vs. the one in DSL 3.x ?

2) What is required to remaster DSL to use the same wpa_supplicant setup?

3) Does anybody have a wireless card that will just work for sale?

Cheers,

Gordon Ottershaw
Pittsburgh, PA