On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 1:59 PM, Florian Philipp <[email protected]> wrote: > Am 25.09.2011 22:38, schrieb Mark Knecht: >> Hi, >> Can anyone supply an example of correctly setting up wpa_supplicant >> to connect to a WEP2 home network? >> >> If got the modules installed and the hardware telling me it sees >> all sorts of ESSIDs but so far I cannot figure out how to give it the >> password correctly. I've been trying to follow this page but it >> completely eludes me. >> >> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=4&chap=4 >> >> Thanks in advance, >> Mark >> > > This should be sufficient: > network={ > ssid="network_ssid" > key_mgmt=WPA-PSK > psk="password" > } > > Hope this helps, > Florian Philipp
Thanks Florian. I really appreciate the help. It was enough to get things working after I realized I have a mind block about routes. This email is coming to you over wireless so things are alright now, but I have some confusion about switching between networks: Looking here: slinky ~ # cat /etc/conf.d/net config_eth0="192.168.1.55 netmask 255.255.255.0" routes_eth0="default via 192.168.1.1" modules="wpa_supplicant" config_wlan0="192.168.1.100 netmask 255.255.255.0" routes_wlan0="default via 192.168.1.1" slinky ~ # I specified routes for both eth0 and wlan0 thinking Gentoo would use the one thats up, but it doesn't. It seems that even when I shut off eth0 it still tries to use the eth0 route. To get his working I had to comment out the eth0 route completely. So, is there a way to point the default to 192.168.1.1 and have the network use the one interface that's up? Also, is there a way to have the system use wireless anytime he wired connector isn't hooked up, of do I manually have to switch to root and then do /etc/init.d/net.eth0 stop /etc/init.d/net.wlan start to switch over? Anyway, it's working so that's a big step forward. THANKS!!! Cheers, Mark
