HOWTO: Wireless Security - WPA1, WPA2, LEAP, etc.

[giruzz]

Success!

Thansk to SquibT and wieman01 for your guide. I just switched from WinXp and everything worked without problems.

FYI, I first followed another guide (the one that you can find in the wiki section) and didn't work. Following your instructions solved all my problems in 30sec

Great job!

giruzz

[wieman01]

Since it's a pretty common & popular wireless card, I am including a sample configuration for IPW2200, DHCP, WPA1 (TKIP), broadcast of ESSID enabled.

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto eth1
iface eth1 inet dhcp
wpa-driver wext
wpa-conf managed
wpa-ssid your_essid
wpa-ap-scan 1
wpa-proto WPA
wpa-pairwise TKIP
wpa-group TKIP
wpa-key-mgmt WPA-PSK
wpa-psk MY_GENERATED_PSK_THINGIE

Thanks to user "Karmapolice" for it. Perhaps this helps others.

[giruzz]

Just one little problem...

now when the system is re-booting it takes ages to start...

this because the system is re-starting my lan card and because there isn't a cable connected the system waits..and waits...and finally goes on timeout...

just wondering..there is any way to re-restart only the wifi card?

thanks

giruzz

[wieman01]

Just one little problem...

now when the system is re-booting it takes ages to start...

this because the system is re-starting my lan card and because there isn't a cable connected the system waits..and waits...and finally goes on timeout...

just wondering..there is any way to re-restart only the wifi card?

Can you try post #32 / #40 instead of my script? Would that help? If not, we go for plan B.

[giruzz]

Sorry,

not sure I understood what I should change the current

networking script with the script of post #32?

thanks

giruzz

[cantormath]

Nice tutorial.

[wieman01]

Sorry,

not sure I understood what I should change the current

networking script with the script of post #32?

Yes, please delete my stuff & try the other script. That's all.

[tedrogers]

Wieman01 means that all of the posts on this forum are numbered on the right hand side...he is just asking you to use the script listed in post number 32 instead .

[giruzz]

Sorry..but I cannot get it work....

I'm really sorry..but I couldn't understand where to replace what... (ok..I know I have to change/delete the old script)

(I'm a n00b)

byeee

g.

[tedrogers]

I think this is right. First get to a Root Terminal (not the regular terminal). You get to a Root Terminal by running this code in a normal terminal:

sudo su

Now enter your password and you are now a root (super)user.

Right, here is the code from post number 32:

echo 'ifdown wlan0' >/etc/init.d/WlanDown
ln -s ../init.d/WlanDown /etc/rcS.d/S40WlanDown

Try running this in the Root Terminal. Make sure you copy and paste each line seperately...do not copy and paste both lines as this will not work. Do each line at a time.

Then make it executable (so it can be run at startup) using this command:

chmod +x /etc/init.d/WlanDown

Once you have done this, try rebooting and see if your wireless wlan works on reboot.

If it doesn't work try using the code from post number 40, which you can run in a normal terminal I believe (but if it doesn't work try as a root terminal just like above):

sudo bash -c 'echo "ifdown wlan0" >/etc/init.d/WlanDown'

Don't forget to make it executable (so it can be run at startup) using this command:

chmod +x /etc/init.d/WlanDown

Then restart again and see if that has fixed it for you.