Bug#409076: [pkg-wpa-devel] Bug #409076: Necessary to set ESSID in /etc/network/interfaces

[Kel Modderman]

Hi Bernhard,

On Saturday 17 March 2007 16:47, Bernhard wrote:
> Hello,
>
> This bugreport stays at "more information needed".
> Which additional information is needed?
>
> Please let me know.

This bug report caught me by surprise, it seems that is was transferred over 
here from another package.

I have read the bug history, but have found no really substantial information 
about the claim that "wireless_essid FOO" (using wireless-tools) is required 
for operation of wpa_supplicant. However, I suspect that the massive revamp 
of the wpasupplicant package that happened before etch is what is confusing 
matters here.

Please first start by looking at:

/usr/share/doc/wpasupplicant/NEWS.Debian.gz

Starting from version 0.4.8, a system wide, individual wpa_supplicant process 
is no longer available. Rather, settings for WPA are done (similarly to 
wireless-tools) via wpa-ssid SSID, wpa-psk PSK, wpa-* BAR etc. lines 
in /etc/network/interfaces.

Take a look at the following for a description of how this new schema works:

/usr/share/doc/wpasupplicant/README.modes.gz

For example, my desktop machine has something similar to:

auto eth1
iface eth1 inet dhcp
	wpa-ssid MyNet
	wpa-psk secretpasswordformynet

in /etc/network/interfaces, and when ifupdown starts at boot time 
wpa_supplicant is started with the above configuration and my connection is 
negotiated.

If neither of the mentioned documents sheds any more light on your problem, 
please describe your WPA setup a bit more:

How is wpa_supplicant started?
What is the content of your wpa_supplicant configuration, and where is it 
located?

Thanks, Kel.