wpa_supplicant/README

   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
  18
  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.
  24
  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
  32
  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.