This is my etc/conf.d/net file:
modules=( "wpa_supplicant" )
wpa_supplicant_wlan0="-Dwext"
preferred_aps=("ESSID1" "ESSID2")
essid_wlan0="any"
All specific stuff is in /wpa_supplicant/supplicant.conf
Zeerak
On Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:17:15 +0100, BRM <bm_witn...@yahoo.com> wrote:
I have wireless working (b43legacy driver for the Dell Wireless
Broadcom) through a static configuration in /etc/conf.d/net - basically:
essid_wlan0="myWLAN"
key_MYWLAN="somekey"
config_MYWLAN=( "dhcp" )
preferred_APS= ( "myWLAN" )
I would like to use a tool like WPA Supplicant instead so I can have a
more dynamic configuration.
I've tried to setup WPA supplicant but haven't been able to get it to
work.
My last attempt was with:
modules=( "wpa_supplicant" )
wpa_supplicant_wlan0="-Dwext"
wpa_timeout_wlan0=15
I also tried the iwconfig setup:
modules=( "iwconfig" )
iwconfig_wlan0="mode managed"
wpa_timeout_wlan0=15
Both these were based on configurations I found while researching gentoo
wireless configurations:
http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Wireless_Networking
the wpa_supplicant man page possibly suggests uses "-Dbroadcom", but the
following supports "-Dwext" since I have the b43legacy driver working
(firmware extracted using b43-fwcutter a while back; dmesg reports
version 0x127).
http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43
I have both the iwconfig utilities and wpa supplicant installed. When I
used wpa supplicant with either configuration it would just keep
searching.
Now, my wireless configuration is currently WEP; and I'd like to upgrade
to WPA/WPA2 once I can get a wireless tool on the system as well.
Is there anything I'm doing wrong with the configuration above?
Also - what is the correct GUI for configuring connections under KDE4? I
know of the WPA Supplicant GUI; and the GNOME GUI; but would like
something under more directly KDE4.
KNemo just puts up monitors that are pretty useless (though look pretty).
TIA,
Ben
P.S. It seems my Linksys WRT54G v3 needs a firmware update for WPA2. So
right now, I'd just like to be able to configure dynamically for my WEP
network; then I'll focus on going to WPA/WPA2.
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