06-08-2025, 11:36 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-08-2025, 11:38 PM by TheOldPresbyope.)
@andyjohnson
Random thought - Does your passphrase contain any special characters?
You can check your system log to see the progress of the wlan0 interface as it tries to associate with your access point. Reboot, ssh into it, and run the following command
The -b option means examine only the most recent boot info; the -g option means grep on the following string.
In my case of a successful association, I see 50 lines of wlan-related output (follows my signature). You can read them at your leisure. Do you see notable differences in your case? In particular, what happens with key negotiation?
Regards,
Kent
- sorry, the lines wrap.
Random thought - Does your passphrase contain any special characters?
You can check your system log to see the progress of the wlan0 interface as it tries to associate with your access point. Reboot, ssh into it, and run the following command
Code:
journalctl -b -g wlan0The -b option means examine only the most recent boot info; the -g option means grep on the following string.
In my case of a successful association, I see 50 lines of wlan-related output (follows my signature). You can read them at your leisure. Do you see notable differences in your case? In particular, what happens with key negotiation?
Regards,
Kent
- sorry, the lines wrap.
Code:
Jun 08 14:19:18 moodey NetworkManager[675]: <info> [1749406758.9554] device (wlan0): driver supports Access Point (AP) mode
Jun 08 14:19:18 moodey NetworkManager[675]: <info> [1749406758.9560] manager: (wlan0): new 802.11 Wi-Fi device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/3)
Jun 08 14:19:18 moodey NetworkManager[675]: <info> [1749406758.9562] device (wlan0): state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason 'managed', sys-iface-state: 'externa
l')
Jun 08 14:19:19 moodey NetworkManager[675]: <info> [1749406759.2886] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: internal-starting -> disconnected
Jun 08 14:19:19 moodey NetworkManager[675]: <info> [1749406759.2886] Wi-Fi P2P device controlled by interface wlan0 created
Jun 08 14:19:19 moodey NetworkManager[675]: <info> [1749406759.2889] manager: (p2p-dev-wlan0): new 802.11 Wi-Fi P2P device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/4)
Jun 08 14:19:19 moodey NetworkManager[675]: <info> [1749406759.2891] device (p2p-dev-wlan0): state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason 'managed', sys-iface-state:
'external')
Jun 08 14:19:19 moodey NetworkManager[675]: <info> [1749406759.2894] device (wlan0): state change: unavailable -> disconnected (reason 'supplicant-available', sys-iface
-state: 'managed')
Jun 08 14:19:19 moodey NetworkManager[675]: <info> [1749406759.2898] device (p2p-dev-wlan0): state change: unavailable -> disconnected (reason 'none', sys-iface-state:
'managed')
Jun 08 14:19:22 moodey NetworkManager[675]: <info> [1749406762.1096] device (wlan0): Activation: starting connection 'Krypton5' (0a02d0d7-96e2-4925-8582-979d310419a7)
Jun 08 14:19:22 moodey NetworkManager[675]: <info> [1749406762.1097] device (wlan0): state change: disconnected -> prepare (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Jun 08 14:19:22 moodey NetworkManager[675]: <info> [1749406762.1100] device (wlan0): state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Jun 08 14:19:22 moodey NetworkManager[675]: <info> [1749406762.1103] device (wlan0): Activation: (wifi) access point 'Krypton5' has security, but secrets are required.
Jun 08 14:19:22 moodey NetworkManager[675]: <info> [1749406762.1103] device (wlan0): state change: config -> need-auth (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Jun 08 14:19:22 moodey NetworkManager[675]: <info> [1749406762.1104] sup-iface[beedd27ca10fc896,0,wlan0]: wps: type pbc start...
Jun 08 14:19:22 moodey NetworkManager[675]: <info> [1749406762.1110] device (wlan0): state change: need-auth -> prepare (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Jun 08 14:19:22 moodey NetworkManager[675]: <info> [1749406762.1112] device (wlan0): state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Jun 08 14:19:22 moodey NetworkManager[675]: <info> [1749406762.1113] device (wlan0): Activation: (wifi) connection 'Krypton5' has security, and secrets exist. No new s
ecrets needed.
Jun 08 14:19:22 moodey wpa_supplicant[677]: wlan0: WPS-CANCEL
Jun 08 14:19:22 moodey wpa_supplicant[677]: wlan0: Trying to associate with a8:70:5d:49:74:ba (SSID='Krypton5' freq=5785 MHz)
Jun 08 14:19:22 moodey NetworkManager[675]: <info> [1749406762.1194] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> associating
Jun 08 14:19:22 moodey NetworkManager[675]: <info> [1749406762.1194] device (p2p-dev-wlan0): supplicant management interface state: disconnected -> associating
Jun 08 14:19:22 moodey wpa_supplicant[677]: wlan0: Associated with a8:70:5d:49:74:ba
Jun 08 14:19:22 moodey wpa_supplicant[677]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-SUBNET-STATUS-UPDATE status=0
Jun 08 14:19:22 moodey wpa_supplicant[677]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE init=COUNTRY_IE type=COUNTRY alpha2=US
Jun 08 14:19:22 moodey NetworkManager[675]: <info> [1749406762.2518] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: associating -> 4way_handshake
Jun 08 14:19:22 moodey NetworkManager[675]: <info> [1749406762.2519] device (p2p-dev-wlan0): supplicant management interface state: associating -> 4way_handshake
Jun 08 14:19:22 moodey wpa_supplicant[677]: wlan0: WPA: Key negotiation completed with a8:70:5d:49:74:ba [PTK=CCMP GTK=CCMP]
Jun 08 14:19:22 moodey wpa_supplicant[677]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-CONNECTED - Connection to a8:70:5d:49:74:ba completed [id=0 id_str=]
Jun 08 14:19:22 moodey NetworkManager[675]: <info> [1749406762.2593] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: 4way_handshake -> completed
Jun 08 14:19:22 moodey NetworkManager[675]: <info> [1749406762.2593] device (wlan0): Activation: (wifi) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) successful. Connected to wireles
s network "Krypton5"
Jun 08 14:19:22 moodey NetworkManager[675]: <info> [1749406762.2593] device (p2p-dev-wlan0): supplicant management interface state: 4way_handshake -> completed
Jun 08 14:19:22 moodey NetworkManager[675]: <info> [1749406762.2594] device (wlan0): state change: config -> ip-config (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Jun 08 14:19:22 moodey NetworkManager[675]: <info> [1749406762.2598] dhcp4 (wlan0): activation: beginning transaction (timeout in 45 seconds)
Jun 08 14:19:22 moodey avahi-daemon[559]: Registering new address record for fe80::d8dd:a3b0:f03:b9d on wlan0.*.
Jun 08 14:19:23 moodey NetworkManager[675]: <info> [1749406763.7806] dhcp6 (wlan0): activation: beginning transaction (timeout in 45 seconds)
Jun 08 14:19:23 moodey NetworkManager[675]: <info> [1749406763.7810] policy: set 'Krypton5' (wlan0) as default for IPv6 routing and DNS
Jun 08 14:19:23 moodey avahi-daemon[559]: Registering new address record for 2601:147:4380:e0d0:47bc:fd49:ad88:bec2 on wlan0.*.
Jun 08 14:19:23 moodey avahi-daemon[559]: Withdrawing address record for fe80::d8dd:a3b0:f03:b9d on wlan0.
Jun 08 14:19:23 moodey NetworkManager[675]: <info> [1749406763.7940] dhcp6 (wlan0): state changed new lease, address=2601:147:4380:e0d0::7fb5
Jun 08 14:19:23 moodey avahi-daemon[559]: Registering new address record for 2601:147:4380:e0d0::7fb5 on wlan0.*.
Jun 08 14:19:24 moodey NetworkManager[675]: <info> [1749406764.2832] dhcp4 (wlan0): state changed new lease, address=10.0.0.241
Jun 08 14:19:24 moodey NetworkManager[675]: <info> [1749406764.2835] policy: set 'Krypton5' (wlan0) as default for IPv4 routing and DNS
Jun 08 14:19:24 moodey avahi-daemon[559]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface wlan0.IPv4 with address 10.0.0.241.
Jun 08 14:19:24 moodey avahi-daemon[559]: New relevant interface wlan0.IPv4 for mDNS.
Jun 08 14:19:24 moodey avahi-daemon[559]: Registering new address record for 10.0.0.241 on wlan0.IPv4.
Jun 08 14:19:24 moodey NetworkManager[675]: <info> [1749406764.2974] device (wlan0): state change: ip-config -> ip-check (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Jun 08 14:19:24 moodey NetworkManager[675]: <info> [1749406764.2993] device (wlan0): state change: ip-check -> secondaries (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Jun 08 14:19:24 moodey NetworkManager[675]: <info> [1749406764.2994] device (wlan0): state change: secondaries -> activated (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Jun 08 14:19:24 moodey NetworkManager[675]: <info> [1749406764.3012] device (wlan0): Activation: successful, device activated.