Re: HowTo: WPA with wpa_supplicant
yopnono...
I assume you wanted me to check in gnome under SYSTEM > ADMINISTRATION > SYSTEM MONITOR and I did not see even 1 instance of either wpa_supplicant or dhclient. Is there something at the command line you wanted me to execute to examine these processes?
Re: HowTo: WPA with wpa_supplicant
Re: HowTo: WPA with wpa_supplicant
Moreover, did you add the SSID also to the configuration of your wireless card in Gnome network-admin?
Re: HowTo: WPA with wpa_supplicant
From what you have written, I see you have an Atheros-based wireless card, so in the wpa_supplicant run command you should change "-Dwext" into "-Dmadwifi".
Re: HowTo: WPA with wpa_supplicant
Just wanted everyone to know that I got my WMP54GS card running WPA TKIP using ndiswrapper and wpa_supplicant - NOT the bcm43xx driver. Thanks everyone for your help and assistance!
Re: HowTo: WPA with wpa_supplicant
Quote:
Originally Posted by
luca_linux
From what you have written, I see you have an Atheros-based wireless card, so in the wpa_supplicant run command you should change "-Dwext" into "-Dmadwifi".
Woops. Sorry. I should have mentioned that I did use -Dmadwifi and I also used -iath0 as my interface has the different designation. Thank you.
I will try the ps -A when I get home this evening. Thanks. I have also noticed that if I am using the network with heavy traffic over the wifi it seems to stay up. Droppings seems to occur during no/low usage.
Re: HowTo: WPA with wpa_supplicant
I did have a problem like yours before.
This was because the wpa_supplicant started after suspend, so I had more then one wpa_s running and conflicting.
So I did put a killall wpa_supplicant script in the /etc/acpi/suspend.d folder. On the other hand I don't start my wpa using the interface file, I use a boot script, so it may not be the same issue.
Re: HowTo: WPA with wpa_supplicant
Hi all,
Don't mean to go off on a little tangent, but i have a quick question.
First off, I have everything working. I connect fine and its not problem. My issue is with my laptop when i got to different networks. its a pain to constantly change the config file and the interface. when i am going back and forth from unsecured to secured its not that bad but then i go from WPA to WPA its just a pain having to change all the files.
basically all I do is change my /etc/network/interfaces from
Code:
auto eth1
iface eth1 inet dhcp
wireless-essid COVAD1
pre-up wpa_supplicant -Bw -Dwext -ieth1 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
post-down killall -q wpa_supplicant
to
Code:
auto eth1
iface eth1 inet dhcp
wireless-essid COVAD1
#pre-up wpa_supplicant -Bw -Dwext -ieth1 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
#post-down killall -q wpa_supplicant
then i have to restart the computer. I know that there is a way to restart the networking and i have tried ifdown and then ifup, but no luck. Is there a applet out there that I can create profiles for different locations so i can just switch locations and deal with changing the wpa_supplicant.conf file and the interfaces file? i am running gnome and i have tried the network configuration but no luck, it just overwrites the ESSID and nothing else.
thanks in advance and sorry for being slightly off topic, but i thought it kinda pertained to this how to
Re: HowTo: WPA with wpa_supplicant
Quote:
Originally Posted by
00trav
I connect fine and its not problem. My issue is with my laptop when i got to different networks. its a pain to constantly change the config file and the interface. when i am going back and forth from unsecured to secured its not that bad but then i go from WPA to WPA its just a pain having to change all the files.
This wpa config used in this thread is not for you. You should use network-manager.
You will find it in synaptic, or use the terminal.
Code:
sudo aptitude install network-manager
Re: HowTo: WPA with wpa_supplicant
Yeah, you should use network-manager. Anyway, if I'm not mistaken, it only works with DHCP.