It has to be in the clear at some point, even if that is only RAM. If you really are concerned about this then you should look into the WPA-Enterprise or WPA-802.1x mode. It is more complicated to set up, but you should be able to disable compromised stations without having to rekey every device.
On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 11:14 AM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > Many thanks > > Works! > > auto wlan0 > iface wlan0 inet static > address 192.168.2.2 > netmask 255.255.255.0 > broadcast 192.168.2.255 > gateway 192.168.2.1 > up iwconfig wlan0 channel 2 essid Mynet mode managed > wpa-ssid MyNet > wpa-psk mywpapassphrase > > I'm wondering if there is any way to avoid writing the password in clear... > > > BR, > > Davide > > > > On 30 Aug 2011, at 17:58, Gustin Johnson wrote: > >> For the client side, I use the following in the /etc/network/interfaces: >> wpa-ssid MyNet >> wpa-psk mywpapassphrase >> >> On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 6:06 AM, [email protected] >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'm trying to configure two Alix 2D3 in a WLAN 802.11g. Both machines have >>> voyage 0.7.5 updated. >>> >>> I'm having some troubles registering the managed machine to the network. >>> Not always the access point appears associated from iwconfig but even when >>> it's associated I cannot ping the access point (Destination Host >>> Unreachable). I've almost no experience and I'm a bit stuck here. >>> >>> Can I use your help? Please, have a look to my configuration files below? >>> >>> Many thanks >>> Davide >>> >>> - The first machine (Alix1) is acting as Access Point in Master mode, >>> thanks to hostapd. >>> >>> my /etc/network/interfaces: >>> >>> auto wlan0 >>> iface wlan0 inet static >>> hostapd /etc/hostapd/hostapd.wlan0.conf >>> address 192.168.2.1 >>> netmask 255.255.255.0 >>> broadcast 10.5.30.255 >>> >>> my hostapd configuration (/etc/hostapd/hostapd.wlan0.conf) is: >>> >>> interface=wlan0 >>> bridge=br0 >>> driver=nl80211 >>> logger_syslog=-1 >>> logger_syslog_level=2 >>> logger_stdout=-1 >>> logger_stdout_level=2 >>> debug=4 >>> #dump_file=/tmp/hostapd.dump >>> #ctrl_interface=/var/run/hostapd >>> #ctrl_interface_group=0 >>> channel=2 >>> hw_mode=g >>> macaddr_acl=0 >>> auth_algs=1 >>> eapol_key_index_workaround=0 >>> eap_server=0 >>> #wpa=3 >>> ssid=MYnet >>> #wpa_psk=mypass >>> #wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK >>> #wpa_pairwise=TKIP >>> #rsn_pairwise=CCMP >>> eapol_version=1 >>> ignore_broadcast_ssid=0 >>> >>> >>> - The second machine (Alix2) is in managed mode >>> >>> auto wlan0 >>> iface wlan0 inet static >>> address 192.168.2.2 >>> netmask 255.255.255.0 >>> broadcast 192.168.2.255 >>> gateway 192.168.2.1 >>> up iwconfig wlan0 channel 2 essid Mynet mode managed >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Both machine have the same WLAN card: >>> >>> 00:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5001X+ >>> Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01) >>> Subsystem: Wistron NeWeb Corp. CM9 Wireless a/b/g MiniPCI Adapter >>> Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 9 >>> Memory at e00c0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] >>> Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2 >>> Kernel driver in use: ath5k >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Voyage-linux mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://list.voyage.hk/mailman/listinfo/voyage-linux >>> > > > _______________________________________________ > Voyage-linux mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.voyage.hk/mailman/listinfo/voyage-linux > _______________________________________________ Voyage-linux mailing list [email protected] http://list.voyage.hk/mailman/listinfo/voyage-linux
