I have a 8811CU WiFi dongle that failed to work on my Nanopi Neo. When connecting using nmcli, I get this error "Error: Connection activation failed: (7) Secrets were required, but not provided."
The device is correctly recognized and I can perform iw scan without issue.
I tried with 6.1.7(edge) and 5.15.89(current) kernel, and install the driver from https://github.com/morrownr/8821cu-20210916, all end up with the exact same error.
Here's the journal log where "nl80211: kernel reports: Authentication algorithm number required" error stands out.
Feb 14 13:51:55 nanopi-neo NetworkManager[513]: <info> [1676400715.4565] audit: op="connection-update" uuid="5723cd52-fc51-48bf-ab79-33a902d143b6" name="MySSID" args="802-11-wireless-security.psk" pid=5230 uid=1000 result="success"
Feb 14 13:51:55 nanopi-neo NetworkManager[513]: <info> [1676400715.4781] device (wlx90deadbeef85): Activation: starting connection 'MySSID' (5723cd52-fc51-48bf-ab79-33a902d143b6)
Feb 14 13:51:55 nanopi-neo NetworkManager[513]: <info> [1676400715.4795] audit: op="connection-activate" uuid="5723cd52-fc51-48bf-ab79-33a902d143b6" name="MySSID" pid=5230 uid=1000 result="success"
Feb 14 13:51:55 nanopi-neo NetworkManager[513]: <info> [1676400715.4810] device (wlx90deadbeef85): state change: disconnected -> prepare (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Feb 14 13:51:55 nanopi-neo NetworkManager[513]: <info> [1676400715.4871] device (wlx90deadbeef85): state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Feb 14 13:51:55 nanopi-neo NetworkManager[513]: <info> [1676400715.4910] device (wlx90deadbeef85): Activation: (wifi) access point 'MySSID' has security, but secrets are required.
Feb 14 13:51:55 nanopi-neo NetworkManager[513]: <info> [1676400715.4913] device (wlx90deadbeef85): state change: config -> need-auth (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Feb 14 13:51:55 nanopi-neo NetworkManager[513]: <info> [1676400715.5164] device (wlx90deadbeef85): state change: need-auth -> prepare (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Feb 14 13:51:55 nanopi-neo NetworkManager[513]: <info> [1676400715.5201] device (wlx90deadbeef85): state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Feb 14 13:51:55 nanopi-neo NetworkManager[513]: <info> [1676400715.5232] device (wlx90deadbeef85): Activation: (wifi) connection 'MySSID' has security, and secrets exist. No new secrets needed.
Feb 14 13:51:55 nanopi-neo NetworkManager[513]: <info> [1676400715.5236] Config: added 'ssid' value 'MySSID'
Feb 14 13:51:55 nanopi-neo NetworkManager[513]: <info> [1676400715.5237] Config: added 'scan_ssid' value '1'
Feb 14 13:51:55 nanopi-neo NetworkManager[513]: <info> [1676400715.5238] Config: added 'bgscan' value 'simple:30:-70:86400'
Feb 14 13:51:55 nanopi-neo NetworkManager[513]: <info> [1676400715.5241] Config: added 'key_mgmt' value 'SAE FT-SAE'
Feb 14 13:51:55 nanopi-neo NetworkManager[513]: <info> [1676400715.5243] Config: added 'auth_alg' value 'OPEN'
Feb 14 13:51:55 nanopi-neo NetworkManager[513]: <info> [1676400715.5244] Config: added 'psk' value '<hidden>'
Feb 14 13:51:55 nanopi-neo wpa_supplicant[540]: wlx90deadbeef85: Trying to associate with e8:9f:ff:00:ff:00 (SSID='MySSID' freq=2452 MHz)
Feb 14 13:51:55 nanopi-neo wpa_supplicant[540]: nl80211: kernel reports: Authentication algorithm number required
Feb 14 13:51:56 nanopi-neo wpa_supplicant[540]: wlx90deadbeef85: CTRL-EVENT-STARTED-CHANNEL-SWITCH freq=2452 ht_enabled=1 ch_offset=0 ch_width=20 MHz cf1=2452 cf2=0
Feb 14 13:51:56 nanopi-neo NetworkManager[513]: <info> [1676400716.6389] device (wlx90deadbeef85): supplicant interface state: inactive -> associating
Feb 14 13:51:56 nanopi-neo NetworkManager[513]: <info> [1676400716.6391] device (p2p-dev-wlx90deadbeef85): supplicant management interface state: inactive -> associating
Feb 14 13:51:56 nanopi-neo wpa_supplicant[540]: wlx90deadbeef85: CTRL-EVENT-ASSOC-REJECT status_code=53
Feb 14 13:51:56 nanopi-neo wpa_supplicant[540]: wlx90deadbeef85: CTRL-EVENT-SSID-TEMP-DISABLED id=0 ssid="MySSID" auth_failures=1 duration=10 reason=CONN_FAILED
Feb 14 13:51:56 nanopi-neo wpa_supplicant[540]: wlx90deadbeef85: CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE init=CORE type=WORLD
Feb 14 13:51:56 nanopi-neo NetworkManager[513]: <info> [1676400716.8990] device (wlx90deadbeef85): supplicant interface state: associating -> disconnected
Feb 14 13:51:56 nanopi-neo NetworkManager[513]: <info> [1676400716.8993] device (p2p-dev-wlx90deadbeef85): supplicant management interface state: associating -> disconnected
Feb 14 13:52:07 nanopi-neo NetworkManager[513]: <info> [1676400727.9463] device (wlx90deadbeef85): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> scanning
Feb 14 13:52:07 nanopi-neo NetworkManager[513]: <info> [1676400727.9467] device (p2p-dev-wlx90deadbeef85): supplicant management interface state: disconnected -> scanning
Feb 14 13:52:12 nanopi-neo wpa_supplicant[540]: wlx90deadbeef85: CTRL-EVENT-SSID-REENABLED id=0 ssid="MySSID"
Feb 14 13:52:12 nanopi-neo wpa_supplicant[540]: wlx90deadbeef85: Trying to associate with ea:9f:ff:00:ff:00 (SSID='MySSID' freq=5220 MHz)
Feb 14 13:52:12 nanopi-neo wpa_supplicant[540]: nl80211: kernel reports: Authentication algorithm number required
Feb 14 13:52:13 nanopi-neo wpa_supplicant[540]: wlx90deadbeef85: CTRL-EVENT-STARTED-CHANNEL-SWITCH freq=5220 ht_enabled=1 ch_offset=1 ch_width=80 MHz cf1=5210 cf2=0
Feb 14 13:52:13 nanopi-neo NetworkManager[513]: <info> [1676400733.5834] device (wlx90deadbeef85): supplicant interface state: scanning -> associating
Feb 14 13:52:13 nanopi-neo NetworkManager[513]: <info> [1676400733.5837] device (p2p-dev-wlx90deadbeef85): supplicant management interface state: scanning -> associating
Feb 14 13:52:13 nanopi-neo wpa_supplicant[540]: wlx90deadbeef85: CTRL-EVENT-ASSOC-REJECT status_code=53
Feb 14 13:52:13 nanopi-neo wpa_supplicant[540]: wlx90deadbeef85: CTRL-EVENT-SSID-TEMP-DISABLED id=0 ssid="MySSID" auth_failures=2 duration=20 reason=CONN_FAILED
Feb 14 13:52:13 nanopi-neo wpa_supplicant[540]: wlx90deadbeef85: CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE init=CORE type=WORLD
Feb 14 13:52:13 nanopi-neo NetworkManager[513]: <info> [1676400733.6529] device (wlx90deadbeef85): supplicant interface state: associating -> disconnected
Feb 14 13:52:13 nanopi-neo NetworkManager[513]: <info> [1676400733.6532] device (p2p-dev-wlx90deadbeef85): supplicant management interface state: associating -> disconnected
Feb 14 13:52:20 nanopi-neo NetworkManager[513]: <warn> [1676400740.3324] device (wlx90deadbeef85): Activation: (wifi) association took too long
Feb 14 13:52:20 nanopi-neo NetworkManager[513]: <info> [1676400740.3328] device (wlx90deadbeef85): state change: config -> need-auth (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Feb 14 13:52:20 nanopi-neo NetworkManager[513]: <warn> [1676400740.3516] device (wlx90deadbeef85): Activation: (wifi) asking for new secrets
Feb 14 13:52:20 nanopi-neo NetworkManager[513]: <warn> [1676400740.3633] device (wlx90deadbeef85): no secrets: No agents were available for this request.
Feb 14 13:52:20 nanopi-neo NetworkManager[513]: <info> [1676400740.3636] device (wlx90deadbeef85): state change: need-auth -> failed (reason 'no-secrets', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Feb 14 13:52:20 nanopi-neo NetworkManager[513]: <warn> [1676400740.3755] device (wlx90deadbeef85): Activation: failed for connection 'MySSID'
Feb 14 13:52:20 nanopi-neo NetworkManager[513]: <info> [1676400740.3788] device (wlx90deadbeef85): state change: failed -> disconnected (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Feb 14 13:52:30 nanopi-neo wpa_supplicant[540]: wlx90deadbeef85: Reject scan trigger since one is already pending
Feb 14 13:52:32 nanopi-neo NetworkManager[513]: <info> [1676400752.3693] device (wlx90deadbeef85): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> inactive
Feb 14 13:52:32 nanopi-neo NetworkManager[513]: <info> [1676400752.3697] device (p2p-dev-wlx90deadbeef85): supplicant management interface state: disconnected -> inactive
