Re: Using WPA without wpa_supplicant?

[Frank <hugelmopf@web.de>]

I don't believe you have to use anything besides what wireless-tools provides 
for every card.
I am using WPA with my ralink based card with the following entry 
in /etc/network/interfaces:

iface eth1 inet dhcp
        pre-up ifconfig eth1 up
        pre-up iwpriv eth1 set AuthMode=WPAPSK
        pre-up iwpriv eth1 set EncrypType=TKIP
        pre-up iwconfig eth1 essid "youressid"
        pre-up iwpriv eth1 set WPAPSK="yourkey"

I don't even have wpa_supplicant installed.
If you need any additional info, just ask.

Am Mittwoch, 19. Oktober 2005 00:23 schrieb Freddie Cash:
> On October 18, 2005 03:01 pm, Joe Emenaker wrote:
> > I get the impression that, among other services (like choosing an
> > access point and setting your keys, etc. for it), the big feature of
> > wpa_supplicant is that it provides software WPA for cards that don't
> > support it in their hardware.
> >
> > In my case, I have hardware that *does* have WPA on the card, and
> > wpa_supplicant doesn't seem to be pairing up with my AP. So, I wanted
> > to use the WPA built into the card. What tools do I use to set the key
> > for WPA? Do I use the same ones as for WEP (like iwconfig), or what?
>
> You have to use a supplicant in order to use WPA.  The most common, best
> supported, supplicant is wpa_supplicant.  There's also xsupplicant
> (although I believe the WPA support was removed in the latest releases)
> and hostapd.
>
> If it's not syncing to the AP, play with the ap_scan setting and scan_ssid
> setting in /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf.
>
> And use the wpa_cli to see exactly what's going on with the WPA
> handshakes.