Sam Kuper wrote: > Dear all, > I've just installed Etch on a Thinkpad 240 and installed a Netgear WG111v3 > USB WiFi adapter according to the instructions > here<http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-hardware-18/wifi-card-netgear-wg111v3-usb2.0-in-debian-4.0-615300/#post3166535>. > Now I need to configure it so that it will connect to my wireless access > point (a Buffalo WHR-HP-G54, in case that's significant) over WPA-Personal > using AES. > > Suppose my access point's SSID was 'MyAccessPoint' and my WPA key was > 'someoldwpakey', how would I go about doing this (without using any > desktop/windowed utilities, because I don't have adesktop environment or > window manager installed)? > > Here's how far I've got. > > I've read: > > - http://wiki.debian.org/WPA > - man wireless > - man iwconfig > - man iwpriv > - man iwevent > - man interfaces > - man ifup > - man ifdown > - man iwspy > - man iwlist > - view /usr/share/doc/wireless-tools/README.Debian > > I've made the following entry in /etc/network/interfaces: > > [quote] > allow-hotplug wlan0 > iface wlan0 inet dhcp > wireless-essid MyAccessPoint > wireless-key someoldwpakey > [/quote] > > And if I now run 'ifup -a' then 'iwconfig' gives: > > [quote] > lo no wireless extensions > > wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:off/any > Mode:Managed Frequency:1256.85 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated > Bit Rate:54Mb/s Tx-Power:20 dBm Sensitivity=0/3 > RTS thr:2347 B Fragment thr:2346 B > Encryption key:off > Power Management:off > Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0 > Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 > Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 > [/quote] > > Clearly, the Thinkpad isn't aware of the access point yet, so at this point, > I'd be very grateful for any help you can offer!
You need wpa_supplicant - everest:~# aptitude search wpasupplicant p wpasupplicant - Client support for WPA and WPA2 (IEEE 802.11i) Hth. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
