Minor(maybe even impossible) request: WPA with Hermes?

From: Felix Schmitt
Date: Mon Apr 03 2006 - 04:18:24 EST


Hi all,
I would like to run WPA (not WPA2) with my Lucent WaveLan/IEEE (pcmcia)
(11mbit/s), but the linux wireless extension seems only to be implemented in
the atmel (2.6.16 kernel), the ipw2100 and the ipw2200 wireless drivers. I
conclude that from wpa_supplement (using the wext driver) complaining:
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Operation not supported
[...]
I am not that good at this stuff, but
- Since the WaveLan/IEEE is 802.11b compatible, it should be able to handle
WPA (which is --- roughly speaking --- a spiced-up WEP, unlike WPA2 which is
802.11i) ?
- Is there a WPA capability for the Hermes-based cards planned in the future?
(there are drivers from Agere, version 7.22, but they are horribly old with
outdated kernel patches. I would rather like to use the linux wireless
extensions...)

Thanks very much for your help!

----++== Please CC me on the answer. ==++----

Felix

======== HW-info ========
=======================
gentoo, linux-2.6.15-gentoo-r1, sony vaio srx-pcg41p, 256mb, P3 800MHz

~ # cardctl ident
Socket 0:
no product info available
Socket 1:
product info: "Lucent Technologies", "WaveLAN/IEEE", "Version 01.01", ""
manfid: 0x0156, 0x0002
function: 6 (network)

wireless # /etc/init.d/net.eth1 start
* Starting eth1
* Starting wpa_supplicant on eth1 ...
ioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]: Operation not supported
WEXT auth param 7 value 0x1 - ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Operation not supported
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODE]: Invalid argument
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Operation not supported
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODE]: Invalid argument
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Operation not supported
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODE]: Invalid argument
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Operation not supported
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODE]: Invalid argument
ioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]: Operation not supported
WEXT auth param 4 value 0x0 - ioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]: Operation not supported
* timed out5 value 0x1 -

~ $ lsmod
Module Size Used by
orinoco_tmd 3680 0
orinoco_plx 4736 0
orinoco_pci 4896 0
snd_pcm_oss 41536 0
ieee80211_crypt_wep 3520 0
ieee80211_crypt_tkip 8768 0
ieee80211_crypt_ccmp 5664 0
ieee80211 26120 0
ieee80211_crypt 4288 4
ieee80211_crypt_wep,ieee80211_crypt_tkip,ieee80211_crypt_ccmp,ieee80211
snd_mixer_oss 14144 1 snd_pcm_oss
vfat 9280 1
fat 39900 1 vfat
sd_mod 11760 0
usbhid 25892 0
usb_storage 29572 0
scsi_mod 75688 2 sd_mod,usb_storage
orinoco_cs 14632 1
pcmcia 28876 5 orinoco_cs
firmware_class 7264 1 pcmcia
crc32 3872 3
ieee80211_crypt_wep,ieee80211_crypt_tkip,pcmcia
orinoco 34036 4 orinoco_tmd,orinoco_plx,orinoco_pci,orinoco_cs
hermes 6080 5
orinoco_tmd,orinoco_plx,orinoco_pci,orinoco_cs,orinoco
e100 30884 0
slip 8384 0
ppp_async 7840 0
ppp_generic 20884 1 ppp_async
slhc 5504 2 slip,ppp_generic
crc_ccitt 1792 1 ppp_async
snd_intel8x0m 12908 1
uhci_hcd 26704 0
ehci_hcd 24680 0
usbcore 101604 5 usbhid,usb_storage,uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd
snd_intel8x0 25404 1
snd_ac97_codec 79936 2 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0
snd_ac97_bus 1856 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm 67560 4
snd_pcm_oss,snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
snd_timer 17956 1 snd_pcm
snd 39940 11
snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore 6656 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 7944 3 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
yenta_socket 21996 7
rsrc_nonstatic 10336 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 32368 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
===== end HW-info ========
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