[gentoo-user] Wireless...
BRM
essid_wlan0="myWLAN"
key_MYWLAN="somekey"
config_MYWLAN=( "dhcp" )
preferred_APS= ( "myWLAN" )
I would like to use a tool like WPA Supplicant instead so I can have a more dynamic configuration.
I've tried to setup WPA supplicant but haven't been able to get it to work.
My last attempt was with:
modules=( "wpa_supplicant" )
wpa_supplicant_wlan0="-Dwext"
wpa_timeout_wlan0=15
I also tried the iwconfig setup:
modules=( "iwconfig" )
iwconfig_wlan0="mode managed"
wpa_timeout_wlan0=15
Both these were based on configurations I found while researching gentoo wireless configurations:
http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Wireless_Networking
the wpa_supplicant man page possibly suggests uses "-Dbroadcom", but the following supports "-Dwext" since I have the b43legacy driver working (firmware extracted using b43-fwcutter a while back; dmesg reports version 0x127).
http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43
I have both the iwconfig utilities and wpa supplicant installed. When I used wpa supplicant with either configuration it would just keep searching.
Now, my wireless configuration is currently WEP; and I'd like to upgrade to WPA/WPA2 once I can get a wireless tool on the system as well.
Is there anything I'm doing wrong with the configuration above?
Also - what is the correct GUI for configuring connections under KDE4? I know of the WPA Supplicant GUI; and the GNOME GUI; but would like something under more directly KDE4.
KNemo just puts up monitors that are pretty useless (though look pretty).
TIA,
Ben
P.S. It seems my Linksys WRT54G v3 needs a firmware update for WPA2. So right now, I'd just like to be able to configure dynamically for my WEP network; then I'll focus on going to WPA/WPA2.
Crístian Viana
Crístian Deives dos Santos Viana [aka CD1]
Sent from Campinas, SP, Brazil
Zeerak Waseem
modules=( "wpa_supplicant" )
wpa_supplicant_wlan0="-Dwext"
preferred_aps=("ESSID1" "ESSID2")
essid_wlan0="any"
All specific stuff is in /wpa_supplicant/supplicant.conf
Zeerak
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Mike Edenfield
> I have wireless working (b43legacy driver for the Dell Wireless Broadcom) through a static configuration in /etc/conf.d/net - basically:
>
> essid_wlan0="myWLAN"
> key_MYWLAN="somekey"
> config_MYWLAN=( "dhcp" )
> preferred_APS= ( "myWLAN" )
>
> I would like to use a tool like WPA Supplicant instead so I can have a more dynamic configuration.
> I've tried to setup WPA supplicant but haven't been able to get it to work.
Probably not what you wanted to hear, but I had the exact
same problem with the Dell bcm-based adapter in my Inspiron
laptop. It would work fine for open wireless and
WEP-secured wireless, but wouldn't associated with a
WPA-secured access point.
Eventually I spent about $30 to purchase an iwl3945
replacement from Dell, which worked fine, and never looked back.
--Mike
BRM
Thanks for the heads up.
At this point, I'll be happy if I can just get WEP working using WPA Supplicant/WiCD/etc. instead of a root user centric configuration file.
Ben
BRM
Well, it seems to be something with my home network; not sure what.
Over the holidays I did some traveling and took my laptop with me.
I was able to connect to other WEP networks just fine using WPA Supplicant;
however, when I got home I couldn't get WPA Supplicant to work with my home network and
had to revert back to setting it up via /etc/conf.d/net.
My home wireless network is a Linksys WRT54G version 3 hardware, with slightly outdated software (by 1 or 2 releases).
SSID is visible. It seems to find it, but then loses it pretty quickly and I have to restart wlan0 before I can try again.
Works fine when using a static WEP configuration though (e.g. no WPA Supplicant/WiCD/etc.).
Not sure what to look at next, but this is going to drive me a bit crazy.
Ben