Re: How to set up WPA wireless networking

["Javier-Elias Vasquez-Vivas" <jevv.cr@gmail.com>]

On 12/21/06, Daniel Schepler <schepler@math.unipd.it> wrote:
> First of all, I haven't really been able to find a good reference for how to
> set up wireless networking and wpasupplicant on Debian, so if there's
> something obvious out there that I've missed, I would be glad for pointers.

http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?searchon=names&version=all&exact=1&keywords=wpasupplicant
http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/312
http://wiki.debian.org/WPA
http://www.vollink.com/gary/deb_wifi.html

> So on to the meat: I have been unable to get a consistently working
> configuration for my ipw2200 card, on Debian sid running 2.6.18. I only have
> one wireless network I ever want to connect to, so my current setup
> in /etc/network/interfaces is:
>
> ...
> auto eth0 eth1 eth2
> mapping eth0 eth1 eth2
>     script /root/get-mac-address.sh
>     map 00:03:0D:21:5C:2E ethernet
>     map 00-03-0D-00-25-51-D8-36-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00 ieee
>     map 00:0E:35:AF:45:A6 wireless
> ...
> iface ethernet inet dhcp
> ...
> iface ieee inet manual
> ...
> iface wireless inet dhcp
>         wpa-ap-scan 1
>         wpa-scan-ssid 1
>         wpa-driver wext
>         wpa-ssid linksys_***
>         wpa-psk ***
>
> Strangely, this occasionally works, but usually I get a failure to connect.
> So, what's wrong with this setup, and what do I need to do to get it working
> consistently?
>
> Please reply to me directly, as I'm not subscribed to the list.
> --
> Daniel Schepler

Isn't wpasupplicant package required?  Have you read the links included above?

--
Javier