[pkg-wpa-devel] WPA connects to wrong network
Kel Modderman
kelrin at tpg.com.au
Tue Jul 18 10:35:13 UTC 2006
Short Steve wrote:
>
> allow-hotplug wlan0
> iface wlan0 inet dhcp
> wpa-driver ndiswrapper
Set this line to 'wpa-driver wext', ndiswrapper has deprecated the
private ndiswrapper ioctl's.
> wpa-ssid goodview
> wpa-key-mgmt WPA-PSK
You most likely do not need this line either, the supplicant will
correctly choose the cipher in 99% of cases.
> wpa-psk *******
Is this a plaintext string? or a string of hexadecimal characters?
If it is a plaintext string, use 'wpa-passphrase yourpassphrase' (I am
just making sure ;-)
> # wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
> # wireless-essid goodview
> # wireless-mode managed
> # wireless-channel 6
> # wireless-key "*******"
>
wireless-tools is not able to set WPA parameters yet, therefore the
above would not work on an WPA encrypted access point.
Thanks, kel.
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