Wpa_supplicant - need a good howto

[Andy Green]

Mike Cohler wrote:

> anyone have experience with any/all of the following: ipw2200,
> cisco-aironet pcmcia and pci cards in the 352 series, or ipw3945 ?

I have experience with ipw3945.  For wpa2 this 
/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf is enough for me:

network={
     ssid="myssid"
     psk=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
}

You generate the xxxx stuff by running wpa_passphrase

# wpa_passphrase fred thisismypassphrase
network={
         ssid="fred"
         #psk="thisismypassphrase"
 
psk=1384a98fd936e141680f80eb949e957c3b964f54f5ab2c20f6da3e0530de0f3e
}

Lastly you edit

# cat /etc/sysconfig/wpa_supplicant
INTERFACES="-iwlan0"
DRIVERS="-D wext"

-Andy