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43 lines
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README for wpa_supplicant
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REQUIREMENTS
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Kernel driver for your wireless card, e.g. ndiswrapper or ipw2100.
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See the wpa_supplicant homepage for supported drivers.
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PRE-INSTALL
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POST-INSTALL
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1. Create a network setup for wpa_supplicant:
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wpa_passphrase <ssid> <your_secret> >> /etc/wpa.conf
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See the sample configuration file wpa_supplicant.conf in the
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sources for a complete description of the available options
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for wpa_supplicant.
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2. Change your wlan start script to use wpa_supplicant.
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Following an example for the centrino ipw2100 driver, no need
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to do anything with iwconfig:
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/sbin/modprobe ipw2100
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/sbin/ifconfig eth1 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx netmask 255.255.255.xxx
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/sbin/route add default gw xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
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/usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant -B -Dnl80211 -ieth1 -c/etc/wpa.conf
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Note: the above configuration makes use of the generic nl80211
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wpa_supplicant driver, which is the preferred nowadays
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and supersedes the wext (wireless extensions) driver.
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PRECAUTION
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As off version 0.6.8 the -w option of wpa_supplicant was removed.
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See the ChangeLog for more infos. This may cause troubles because
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using the -w option was the recommend way to start wpa_supplicant
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until version 0.6.
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