Re: command line wirelss config [was: How to speed up your Mac.]

["P Kapat" <kap4lin@gmail.com>]

ok, i need more help... has anyone successfully used  ifup / ifdown /
wpa_supplicant method to access wireless network from the command
line??

my idea is to start icewm and connect to one of available networks,
without resorting to network-manager-kde...

On 12/5/07, Bin Zhang <yangtze31@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Dec 5, 2007 4:18 PM, P Kapat <kap4lin@gmail.com> wrote:
> > i think it is better to start a new thread...
> >
> > On 12/1/07, Bin Zhang <yangtze31@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Dec 1, 2007 5:15 PM, P Kapat <kap4lin@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >  How about the wireless? Is there any command
> > > > line version for NetworkManger? In Gnome, KDE we have either nm-applet
> > > > or network-manager-kde.... I have been playing around with iwconfig
> > > > and iwlist but didn't meet with any success.
> > >
> > > You can configure it in /etc/network/interfaces and use
> > > # ifup "interface_name"
> > > and
> > > # ifdown "interface_name"
> >
> > noting that I need to access WPA encrypted wireless networks, do I
> > need the wpa_supplicant after this? Some more details on the whole
> > process will be very much appreciated...
>
> You can Install package wpasupplicant and read
> /usr/share/doc/wpasupplicant/README.modes.gz and
> /usr/share/doc/wpasupplicant/examples/

Bin,
blame me for being thick, but i couldn't get my wireless working after
reading these help files.... need some more help...

i currently have the following in /etc/network/interfaces
##################
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
allow-hotplug eth1 eth2
iface eth1 inet dhcp

# my wirelss interface is eth2; and what is this wpa-driver???
iface eth2 inet manual
        wpa-driver wext
        wpa-roam /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf

iface default inet dhcp

iface work inet dhcp
########################

and the following in /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf

ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
network={
        ssid="workssid"
        id_str="work"
        scan_ssid=1
        key_mgmt=WPA-EAP
        eap=PEAP
        identity="username"
        password="password"
        phase1="peaplabel=0"
        phase2="auth=MSCHAPV2"
        priority=1
}

network={
        key_mgmt=NONE
}
################################

the network details are as required by the concerned network... having
created/modified these files, i rebooted. wpa_action eth2 reload
didnot help, the log file /var/log/wpa_action.log is prctically
useless.

ifconfig and iwconfig is able to identify the interface. iwlist
scanning is showing the available networks. now what???

-- 
Regards
PK
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