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Subject: Re: ath (Orinoco) card cannot associate
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Neil Short wrote:
> <quote>
> ...
> status: no carrier
> ...
> </quote>
> 
> Sometimes this means the card has been turned off. My
> computer has a little switch on it that enables me to
> turn it off.
> 
> If you run:
> # ifconfig ath0 scan
> and you can see your access point then there is no
> problem with your card; but if it does not show up
> then there is a physical problem with your card
> (broken? turned off?) or your access point is down.
> 
> As a simple test, can you bring up your access point
> wide open and connect to it?
> 
> If you can then the problem might be related to your
> ifconfig statement.
> 
> I am surprised to see such a long wep key.
> 
> You might try simplifying your statemnt and avoid the
> "wepkey" keyword. I spent probably a week with that
> keyword and it simply didn't work. A helpful responder
> in the mailing lists suggest I use instead the "nwkey"
> keyword. Man, it was almost like magic. I was sure I
> had done everything right - and I had; but "wepkey"
> for some reason didn't work. It's there in the manpage
> for ifconfig.

FWIW this problem has been resolved.  It was a firmware bug in his ap
that was causing AssocResp frames to be discarded.  I've committed a fix
to HEAD.

	Sam