2014-02-10 22:35 GMT+01:00, Ted Unangst <t...@tedunangst.com>: >>> I don't know anything about wpa_supplicant, but does >>> >>> # ifconfig rum0 nwid <nwid> wpakey <wpakey> >>> >>> work? >> >> No, it says it wants passphrase length in range from 8 to 63 >> characters, while the PSK-passphrase has 64 characters, unfortunately. > > Which is correct. A WPA passphrase must be between 8 and 63 > characters, or you can specify the key as 64 hexadecimal digits with a > leading 0x.
Yes, you're right; after adding "0x" at the beginning it works! Thanks. But that's not the end of the problems, unfortunately... :( If I create - according to "man rum" - an /etc/hostname.rum0 file containing: #v+ nwid <nwid> wpakey <wpakey> dhcp #v- ...it simply during bootup says: "rum0: no connection, sleeping". Why is that? Googling around, I tried to make it even more sophisticated: #v+ up media autoselect mediaopt ibss mode 11g chan 2 nwid <nwid> wpakey <key> dhcp #v- Unfortunately, all I achieved (during boot-up) is "active" rum0 interface, and attempts to DHCPREQUEST then DHCPDISCOVER with final result "no acceptable DHCPOFFERS received". Therefore the trick works in command-line - but not in "hostname.if"? -- regards, Z.
