wpa_supplicant is there to allow your wifi interface to associate with a wifi access point in negociating the required authentification elements, nothing more.Once the association is successful dhclient asks the access point to provide an IP adress to the wifi interface.
To test wlan interface, as root, ifdown eth0, ifdown wlan0, remove the cable, ifup wlan0. I tried that, and besides that I don't have a wlan0 but wifi0, then that works. It fetches an IP ok, and I can surf the internet. BUT what do I do when I want to connect to another (random) AP ? I cannot scan for it ? I'm sorry for the many "newbee" questions, networks is definitely one of my weak points ! Niels -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
