[Wylug-help] Madwifi and FC6

[Anne Wilson]

On Monday 28 May 2007 20:10:25 Craig Hopkins wrote:
> 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 :)
>
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=wheel

network={
        ssid="Lydgate2"
        #psk="xxxxx"
        psk=abcd23bcfetc
        key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
        # proto=WPA
        proto=RSN
}

Anne