On Sep 26, 2011 6:37 AM, "Mark Knecht" <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. >
I suggest using the postup() and predown() facilities instead: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=4&chap=5 In postup(), create the default route e.g. ip route add default via $DG_IP dev $IFACE metric $METRIC In predown(), delete the default route. Same command, but 'delete' instead of 'add'. Note: metric comes into play only when eth0 and wlan0 are up simultaneously; the lowest metric wins. > 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? > Well, the default gateway on eth0 and wlan0 has the same IP. I'm not sure iproute2 can stomach that. > 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? > ifplugd or netplug. Rgds,
