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1 | README for wpa_supplicant |
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4 | REQUIREMENTS | |
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6 | Kernel driver for your wireless card, e.g. ndiswrapper or ipw2100. | |
7 | See the wpa_supplicant homepage for supported drivers. | |
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10 | PRE-INSTALL | |
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13 | POST-INSTALL | |
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15 | 1. Create a network setup for wpa_supplicant: | |
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17 | wpa_passphrase <ssid> <your_secret> >> /etc/wpa.conf | |
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19 | See the sample configuration file wpa_supplicant.conf in the | |
20 | sources for a complete description of the available options | |
21 | for wpa_supplicant. | |
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23 | 2. Change your wlan start script to use wpa_supplicant. | |
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25 | Following an example for the centrino ipw2100 driver, no need | |
26 | to do anything with iwconfig: | |
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28 | /sbin/modprobe ipw2100 | |
29 | /sbin/ifconfig eth1 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx netmask 255.255.255.xxx | |
30 | /sbin/route add default gw xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx | |
31 | /usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant -B -Dwext -ieth1 -c/etc/wpa.conf | |
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33 | Note: the above configuration makes use of the generic wext | |
34 | wpa_supplicant driver (Linux wireless extensions), | |
35 | which is the preferred nowadays. Use this driver for | |
36 | ndiswrapper as well. | |
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39 | PRECAUTION | |
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41 | As off version 0.6.8 the -w option of wpa_supplicant was removed. | |
42 | See the ChangeLog for more infos. This may cause troubles because | |
43 | using the -w option was the recommend way to start wpa_supplicant | |
44 | until version 0.6. |