HowTo: WPA with wpa_supplicant

[onioneater36]

luca & magneto...

Having learned from one of your previous posts that the RSN in the WPA RSN line for "proto" meant WPA2, I re-did my WPA_supplicant.conf to use WPA2 and reconfigured my router as well. Although it has not worked on WPA, it does seem to be working on WPA2. Perhaps this could help someone else if they had the same problem.

[bobbyone]

matthewboh or anyone who can help -> I have a bcm4311 wireless card using it with ndiswrapper. I am trying to set up wpa_supplicant per the how-to but I get the following when running it with -dd option:

Driver doesn't support WPA

I get this when using option -Dndiswrapper of wpa_supplicant. If I use -Dwext I don't get that message but I can't connect to my network. I know there is some info you might need but I am not sure what else to post here. Oh yes, I am using AMD64 Dapper. And I got a connection before when using WEP, but I want the stronger WPA security.

[matthewboh]

Bobbyone - I found out the drivers that come with Ubuntu don't support the stronger WPA security. I ended up using the Windows drivers that came with the card. I ended up using this HOWTO in order to set up my card - http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=263136

[Haiyadragon]

I can connect to the internet with this method. However, for some reason the router detects it as a direct connection, not wireless. The router reports that it has given 192.168.2.3 as ip, but Ubuntu says 192.168.2.103. I can't access the local network, it doesn't find the computers it should find. And when I try to access the router on 192.168.2.1 it wants a login and password which I normally don't give in that manner (it should show the router login page).

Any ideas on how this weirdness is happening? Ofcourse, everything works as it should on Windows. I've tried this on Arch Linux also and it's the same. I may try a wep key with mac filtering later but only to test it.

[luca_linux]

I can connect to the internet with this method. However, for some reason the router detects it as a direct connection, not wireless. The router reports that it has given 192.168.2.3 as ip, but Ubuntu says 192.168.2.103. I can't access the local network, it doesn't find the computers it should find. And when I try to access the router on 192.168.2.1 it wants a login and password which I normally don't give in that manner (it should show the router login page).

Any ideas on how this weirdness is happening? Ofcourse, everything works as it should on Windows. I've tried this on Arch Linux also and it's the same. I may try a wep key with mac filtering later but only to test it.

I guess you are using DHCP, so just try using a Static IP.

[Moseycd]

I followed these steps and now my wireless card does not show up at all anywhere. I am using kubuntu, and my wireless card is an intel 3945ABG. Does anybody have any ideas on how I can at least get it to show up?

[bodhi.zazen]

Nice How-to luca_linux.

This thread has been added to the UDSF wiki.

WPA with wpa_supplicant

bodhi.zazen

[PartisanEntity]

1) Open a terminal window and type:

wpa_passphrase your_ssid your_psk

Note: your_ssid is the name of your wireless network (a.k.a. SSID) and your_psk is the password you want to use to protect your network. (Look below for an example).

Hello,

I do not understand what is meant with 'your_psk'.

Is this something I choose locally on my computer in Ubuntu or is this supposed to be stored on the router?

My netgear router is set to use wpa-psk but i only have a passphrase, no psk.

And another question, is wpa_supplicant already installed in Dapper? Or do I have to download it manually?

[peterbakker]

pf...
as for me; i'd stick to WEP for a few more years8) until out of the box bla bla
No need to configure - concerning my state of health i prefer no configure to some neighbour-nerds trying to access me web

[thele0pard]

kewla.

this worked for me. i thought it was screwed, then checked my _passphrase output AND IT WAS WRONG. so, all changed and working perfectly ta.

thanks for the great work =P

edit: actually, now i want to know how to script it so that i can run from my desktop or panel. i dont want it running at boot as im scared that it will be broadcasting my ssid and psk from boot, so i want to choose. Can i just chmod +x it?

PartisanEntity - follow the walkthru earlier in this post or browse the many links from here - you will find a solution, or closure.