[Nottingham] Connect to WPA wireless using command line

[Simon Sleaford]

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.
Thanks again

Simon

2009/9/6 Rory Holland <modestforagenius at googlemail.com>

> 1) I'm assuming you have wpa-supplicant. If you don't, you need it.
> 2) Open or create (as root) /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf Here's what's in
> mine (edited for security reasons ):
>

Code:
>
> ap_scan=1
> ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
>
> network={
>        ssid="*YOUR_NETWORK_ID_GOES_HERE*"
>        scan_ssid=0
>        proto=WPA
>        key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
>        psk="*YOUR_PRESHARED_KEY_GOES_HERE*"
>        pairwise=TKIP
>        group=TKIP
> }
>
> 3) reboot
>
>
> 2009/9/6 Simon Sleaford <simon.sleaford at gmail.com>:
> > Hi
> > I'm trying to connect to my wireless network at home from the command
> line
> > on a machine that isn't running X. These are the steps that I have taken
> so
> > far:
> > 1 Make sure my wireless adaptor is recognised:
> > iwconfig
> > Recognises the RaLink RT2860 adaptor in my netbook correctly (designated
> > ra0)
> > 2. Scan for wireless network:
> > iwlist ra0 scan
> > Correctly sees my sky router and tells me that it is using WPA
> encryption.
> > 3. This is where it seems to go wrong, when I try to connect using the
> > following command
> > iwconfig ra0 essid "SKYRouter" key s:mywirelesskey
> > I get no output following the command so assume it has worked but cannot
> > ping the router and have no IP address.
> >
> >
> > Can anybody help me out with what I'm doing incorrectly?
> > Thanks
> > Simon
> >
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