2008/11/23 en0f <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sam Kuper wrote: > > 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)? > > You need wpa_supplicant - > everest:~# aptitude search wpasupplicant > p wpasupplicant - Client support > for WPA and WPA2 (IEEE > 802.11i) >
Thanks for the pointer. I had been a bit puzzled about that, because of being able to supposedly configure wifi via /etc/network/interfaces, but I've installed the wpasupplicant package now and - after a lengthy bout with the READMEs, it's working fine :) Thank you! Sam
