### dmesg output of my wifi card ###

ipw0: <Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2100 MiniPCI> mem 0xfcffe000-0xfcffefff irq 9 at device 3.0 on pci1
ipw0: Ethernet address: 00:0c:f1:52:fe:88

### ifconfig output (before any configuration) ###

ipw0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
        inet6 fe80::20c:f1ff:fe52:fe88%ipw0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2 
        ether 00:0c:f1:52:fe:88
        media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect)
        status: no carrier
        ssid "" channel 1
        authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpowmax 100 bintval 100

### My Linksys WAP54G AP settings: ###

Security Mode: WPA Pre-Shared Key
WPA Algorithm: TKIP
WPA Shared Key: <censored, but it's an ascii string of at least 8 chars>
Group Key Renewal: 300 seconds


### My /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf (tried both with and without the commented lines) ###

network={
    ssid="nieser"
    #proto=WPA
    #key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
    #pairwise=TKIP
    #group=TKIP
    psk="<censored, but it's an ascii string of at least 8 chars>"
}

### Output from "wpa_supplicant -d -i ipw0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf" ###

Initializing interface 'ipw0' conf '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' driver 'default'
Configuration file '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' -> '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf'
Reading configuration file '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf'
Priority group 0
   id=0 ssid='nieser'
Initializing interface (2) 'ipw0'
Own MAC address: 00:0c:f1:52:fe:88
wpa_driver_bsd_set_wpa: enabled=1
wpa_driver_bsd_set_wpa_internal: wpa=3 privacy=1
wpa_driver_bsd_del_key: keyidx=0
wpa_driver_bsd_del_key: keyidx=1
wpa_driver_bsd_del_key: keyidx=2
wpa_driver_bsd_del_key: keyidx=3
wpa_driver_bsd_set_countermeasures: enabled=0
wpa_driver_bsd_set_drop_unencrypted: enabled=1
Setting scan request: 0 sec 100000 usec
Starting AP scan (broadcast SSID)

  ### After this the following output is looped ###

Received 0 bytes of scan results (4 BSSes)
Scan results: 4
Selecting BSS from priority group 0
0: 00:12:17:6f:9a:ef ssid='nieser' wpa_ie_len=24 rsn_ie_len=0
   selected
Trying to associate with 00:12:17:6f:9a:ef (SSID='nieser' freq=2412 MHz)
Cancelling scan request
Automatic auth_alg selection: 0x1
WPA: using IEEE 802.11i/D3.0
WPA: Selected cipher suites: group 8 pairwise 8 key_mgmt 2
WPA: using GTK TKIP
WPA: using PTK TKIP
WPA: using KEY_MGMT WPA-PSK
WPA: Own WPA IE - hexdump(len=24): dd 16 00 50 f2 01 01 00 00 50 f2 02 01 00 00 50 f2 02 01 00 00 50 f2 02
No keys have been configured - skip key clearing
wpa_driver_bsd_set_drop_unencrypted: enabled=1
wpa_driver_bsd_associate: ssid 'nieser' wpa ie len 24 pairwise 2 group 2 key mgmt 1
wpa_driver_bsd_associate: set PRIVACY 1
Setting authentication timeout: 5 sec 0 usec

### While running wpa_supplicant, ifconfig outputs the following ###

ipw0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
        inet6 fe80::20c:f1ff:fe52:fe88%ipw0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2 
        ether 00:0c:f1:52:fe:88
        media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect)
        status: no carrier
        ssid "" channel 1
        authmode WPA privacy ON deftxkey UNDEF txpowmax 100 roaming MANUAL
        bintval 100