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
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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. 
   22    
   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 -Bw -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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   38 PRECAUTION