Wpa Howto? Options

[ckblackm]

Does anyone have a step-by-step guide for getting wpa running under pdaXrom?
I've got a SL-3200, D-Link DCF-660W, and am running beta3. (actually... it's Daniels weeXpc.. but it's based off beta3.)

thanks,
Christopher.

[Capn_Fish]

It's simple:

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wpa_passphrase YOUR_SSID YOUR_PASSPHRASE > /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf

If you're using WPA2/AES, it should loook something like this:

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network={
ssid="YOUR_SSID"
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
proto=RSN
group=CCMP
pairwise=CCMP
psk=(lots of gibberish)
}

(You have to add some lines yourself)

If you're using TKIP, the pairwise, proto, and/or group lines will be different, but I can't remember how ATM. They may not even be necessary.

I've also had issues connecting to a non-SSID-broadcasting network, so you may have to change that.

HTH

[stupkid]

Well on pdaXii13 I had to make several changes to the pcmcia network scripts to get it working to my satisfaction. I think the scripts were updated properly in the newer versions of pdaXrom. I can post my diffs if it helps anyone.

[kkazakov13]

Well on pdaXii13 I had to make several changes to the pcmcia network scripts to get it working to my satisfaction. I think the scripts were updated properly in the newer versions of pdaXrom. I can post my diffs if it helps anyone.

Do it, please. I'm running a script each time I want connection and I don't have time to play with this by myself

[stupkid]

Sorry for the late reply. Well I seem to have lost the original versions from pdaxii13, but here are the three files I changed

/etc/pcmcia/network
/etc/pcmcia/wireless
/etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts

These new scripts add new values that you can use in the wireless.opts options, examples are included. You specify WPA=y to use WPA and WPADRIVER to specify a drive or I default to hostap. You setup your /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf as usual. For reference my home net, which uses WPA-PSK2, looks something like this:

network={
ssid="MyHomeNetwork"
scan_ssid=1
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
proto=WPA
pairwise=CCMP TKIP
group=CCMP TKIP
psk="abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
}

With these scripts you should only need to setup the /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf and then add the necessary stanza to the wireless.opts for your network and you should be golden. All I have to do is change schemes with cardctl (ex. cardctl -f Home) and I can switch configs and even different wpa_supplicant.conf entries.

Hope this helps!  pcmcia_scripts.tar.gz ( 4.26K ) Number of downloads: 22

[kkazakov13]

Thanks, will check asap (tomorrow) and let you know if it's okay if it works, I can include it in my patched system to b3