[Wylug-help] Madwifi and FC6

[Craig Hopkins]

Anne Wilson wrote:
> I've installed a wireless card into an FC box.  It is an X-Micro, which 
> apparently uses atheros drivers.
>
> I've been following the madwifi instructions, and have got 
> the to part of setting WPA-PSK (http://madwifi.org/wiki/UserDocs/802.11i).  
> The final command listed in this section is
>
> /usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant -dd -D 
> madwifi -iath0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
>
> or is it
>
> /usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant -dd -Dmadwifi -iath0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf ?
>
> It looks like the second one, though I thought the first more likely.  Either 
> way, I just got dozens of lines of 'Invalid ESSID line' messages.
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>   
What does the entry for your network in
/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf look like? Obviously, don't post
your password though :)

Craig