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[PATCH] atmel: try open system authentication too

From: Dan Williams <hidden>
Date: 2008-08-18 19:31:34
Subsystem: networking drivers (wireless), the rest · Maintainers: Johannes Berg, Linus Torvalds

When the AP rejects a Shared Key authentication request, try Open System
auth too.

Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <redacted>
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/atmel.c b/drivers/net/wireless/atmel.c
index 28b6ff3..e4cc37d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/atmel.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/atmel.c
@@ -3061,12 +3062,20 @@ static void authenticate(struct atmel_private *priv, u16 frame_len)
 	}
 
 	if (status == WLAN_STATUS_NOT_SUPPORTED_AUTH_ALG) {
-		/* Do opensystem first, then try sharedkey */
+		/* Flip back and forth between WEP auth modes until the max
+		 * authentication tries has been exceeded.
+		 */
 		if (system == WLAN_AUTH_OPEN) {
 			priv->CurrentAuthentTransactionSeqNum = 0x001;
 			priv->exclude_unencrypted = 1;
 			send_authentication_request(priv, WLAN_AUTH_SHARED_KEY, NULL, 0);
 			return;
+		} else if (   system == WLAN_AUTH_SHARED_KEY
+		           && priv->wep_is_on) {
+			priv->CurrentAuthentTransactionSeqNum = 0x001;
+			priv->exclude_unencrypted = 0;
+			send_authentication_request(priv, WLAN_AUTH_OPEN, NULL, 0);
+			return;
 		} else if (priv->connect_to_any_BSS) {
 			int bss_index;
 

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