iwi doesn't see a wireless network

[Sam Leffler]

Adam K Kirchhoff wrote:
> I'm trying to get my laptop to connect to the wireless access point at
> work. It has a Intel Pro Wireless 2200BG minipci card, and can
> associate with my access point at home. In addition, I can get an
> Ubuntu 8.10 liveCD to connect to the access point at work via
> NetworkManager. So there is definitely no incompatibility between the
> wireless card and access point.
>
> Here's my wpa_supplicant.conf file:
>
> network={
> 	ssid="Mckella280Front"
> 	key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
> 	pairwise=TKIP
> 	psk="#########"
> }
>
> The preshared key is definitely correct, as it's the one that works
> with the liveCD. For the sake of testing, I've removed the reference to
> my wireless AP at home.
>
> I'm attaching the output from wpa_supplicant run with -dd.  Basically,
> it keeps scanning but only ever sees the tmobile network.  That's
> actually coming from another person in the building using a tmobile
> wireless broadband card. If she's not here, the scan never picks up
> anything. Similarly, 'ifconfig iwi0 list scan' only picks up the
> tmobile ssid.
>
> Yet, if I reboot off the liveCD, it works. Here's the output of 'iwlist
> eth1 scanning' under the liveCD:
>
> eth1      Scan completed :
>           Cell 01 - Address: 00:22:6B:9A:CC:AF
>                     ESSID:"Mckella280Front"
>                     Protocol:IEEE 802.11bg
>                     Mode:Master
>                     Frequency:2.457 GHz (Channel 10)
>                     Encryption key:on
>                     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; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
>                               48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
>                     Quality=50/100  Signal level=-68 dBm  
>                     IE: WPA Version 1
>                         Group Cipher : TKIP
>                         Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
>                         Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
>                     IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
>                         Group Cipher : TKIP
>                         Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP
>                         Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
>                     Extra: Last beacon: 904ms ago
>
>
> And, iwconfig while connected:
>
> eth1      IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:"Mckella280Front"  
>           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.457 GHz  Access Point: 00:22:6B:9A:CC:AF   
>           Bit Rate:54 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   Sensitivity=8/0  
>           Retry limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
>           Power Management:off
>           Link Quality=59/100  Signal level=-66 dBm  Noise level=-87 dBm
>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:6  Rx invalid frag:0
>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:3
>
> The only thing I can think of is that the AP is using some feature that
> the iwi driver, or wpa_supplicant, doesn't support.
>
> Is there someway to get this working?
>
>   
You don't indicate a freebsd version.  Is your ap configured to hide the 
ssid?

    Sam