wpa_supplicant problems

[hans dinsen-hansen <hansdinsenhansen%gmail.com@localhost>]

I am running amd64 rel 5.1 and have problems with wpa-supplicant.

Probably I have misundertood something.

I have an old "ral" dongle:  Dmesg say:
    ...
    ral0 at uhub3 port 3
    ral0: Ralink 802.11g WLAN USB Dongle, rev 2.00/0.01, addr 2
    ral0: MAC/BBP RT2570 (rev 0x03), RF RT2526
    ral0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
    ral0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps\
          18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
    ...
My /etc/ifconfig.ral0:
    # If my Zolid-stick is mounted, try and find my network(s)
    up media OFDM54
I modified my /etc/rc.conf to contain:
    ...
    dhclient=YES
    dhclientflags="-nw"
    ##do not wait for leases, no testoutput, run in background.
    wpa_supplicant=YES
    wpa_supplicant_flags="-B -i ral0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf"
    ...
and created /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf:
#file: /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
network={
        ssid="XXXXXXXX"
        scan_ssid=1
        key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
        psk="XXXXXXXXX"
}
The "X"es represent my ssid and my pass-phrase.

The connection did not work! I have tried to run wpa-supplicant with the
-d flag. and saw amongst others that it gave the message:
    ioctl[SIOCS80211, op 21, len 42]: Invalid argument
but I also saw that the program found my ssid, however it never got
a valid connection.

I have also tried with a Linksys-dongle with the dmesg:
    ...
    rum0 at uhub3 port 3
    rum0: Cisco-Linksys Compact Wireless-G USB Adapter, rev 2.00/0.01, addr 2
    rum0: MAC/BBP RT2573 (rev 0x2573a), RF RT2528, address 00:23:69:07:a1:c5
    rum0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
    rum0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps\
          18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
    ...
My ifconfig.rum0 is a copy of the one for ral0.  The rc.conf is changed
to read:
    ...
    wpa_supplicant_flags="-B -i rum0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf"
    ...
Same result as above.  Also if I try to run wpa_supplicant "by hand".

What have I done wrong?