Thanks Rory. Looks like I'm all sorted now and can update my system. I'm trying to use one of the "harder" distros so that I learn a bit more rather than just sticking on Fedora or Ubuntu derivatives. Playing around with Arch to see how it goes.<div>
<br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Thanks again</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Simon</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/9/6 Rory Holland <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:modestforagenius@googlemail.com">modestforagenius@googlemail.com</a>></span><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">1) I'm assuming you have wpa-supplicant. If you don't, you need it.<br>
2) Open or create (as root) /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf Here's what's in<br>
mine (edited for security reasons ):<br> </blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Code:<br>
<br>
ap_scan=1<br>
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant<br>
<br>
network={<br>
ssid="*YOUR_NETWORK_ID_GOES_HERE*"<br>
scan_ssid=0<br>
proto=WPA<br>
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK<br>
psk="*YOUR_PRESHARED_KEY_GOES_HERE*"<br>
pairwise=TKIP<br>
group=TKIP<br>
}<br>
<br>
3) reboot<br>
<br>
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2009/9/6 Simon Sleaford <<a href="mailto:simon.sleaford@gmail.com">simon.sleaford@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5">> Hi<br>
> I'm trying to connect to my wireless network at home from the command line<br>
> on a machine that isn't running X. These are the steps that I have taken so<br>
> far:<br>
> 1 Make sure my wireless adaptor is recognised:<br>
> iwconfig<br>
> Recognises the RaLink RT2860 adaptor in my netbook correctly (designated<br>
> ra0)<br>
> 2. Scan for wireless network:<br>
> iwlist ra0 scan<br>
> Correctly sees my sky router and tells me that it is using WPA encryption.<br>
> 3. This is where it seems to go wrong, when I try to connect using the<br>
> following command<br>
> iwconfig ra0 essid "SKYRouter" key s:mywirelesskey<br>
> I get no output following the command so assume it has worked but cannot<br>
> ping the router and have no IP address.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Can anybody help me out with what I'm doing incorrectly?<br>
> Thanks<br>
> Simon<br>
><br>
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