[Solved] WPA connection problems - network was WEP encrypted.

Question

Hi all, and thanks in advance for reading.
Tl;dr for the below: My card seems to work, but won't associate with the router using either netcfg or wpa_supplicant and I have no idea why. I have no graphical system to work from as yet.
Basically, I've just installed my Arch system, and I'm trying to get the wireless working. I have two wireless cards, one internal (Atheros) and one USB (preferred - it's a Belkin F5D9050, v3). My router - a BT HomeHub - uses WPA-PSK encryption.
For the moment, I'm trying to get the Belkin card - wlan1 - working as it gives better reception at home, so I'll use that in the examples, but I've had the same results with both so far.
Running
iwlist wlan1 scan
shows my network, so I think the card itself is working ok.
My netcfg profile reads:
CONNECTION='wireless'
INTERFACE='wlan1'
SECURITY='wpa'
ESSID='BTHomeHub2-2J6S'
KEY='...'
IP='dhcp'
TIMEOUT=120 // Large timeout I know, but apparently it can make a difference.
When attempting to connect with netcfg, I get the message 'WPA Authentication/Association failed'.
Trying with wpa_supplicant.conf as below:
network={
ssid="BTHomeHub2-2J6S"
proto=RSN // I've also tried WPA2
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
pairwise=CCMP TKIP
group=CCMP TKIP
psk=[my passphrase as converted to hex by wpa_passphrase]
Running
wpa_supplicant -dd -B -Dwext -iwlan1 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
produces output similar to this.
I'm stuck. Any thoughts? Any and all help is appreciated!
Thanks in advance!
(Edited for stupid title)
Last edited by Owen Tuz (2010-09-19 23:17:16)

Answer 1

If you inspect
iwlist $interface scan
output you can see which ones are WEP or WPA(2):
WEP:
Cell 04 - Address: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
Channel:6
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality=21/70 Signal level=-89 dBm
Encryption key:on
ESSID:"WiFi 13"
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
Bit Rates:24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=0000013713e511a8
Extra: Last beacon: 2493ms ago
WPA2 Personal:
Cell 03 - Address: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
Channel:48
Frequency:5.24 GHz (Channel 48)
Quality=65/70 Signal level=-45 dBm
Encryption key:on
ESSID:"Zeus 802.11n"
Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s
36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=0000011fcd6018a8
Extra: Last beacon: 60ms ago
IE: Unknown: 000C5A657573203830322E31316E
IE: Unknown: 01088C129824B048606C
IE: Unknown: 030130
IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
Group Cipher : CCMP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK