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