WPA supplicant - Revision history

JulienB: /* Usage */

2023-05-04T21:33:58Z

‎Usage

SebastienSz: use -D nl80211 instead of wext

2021-02-25T08:43:27Z

use -D nl80211 instead of wext

JulienB at 16:10, 18 December 2017

2017-12-18T16:10:11Z

JulienB at 16:05, 18 December 2017

2017-12-18T16:05:30Z

JulienB: /* Usage */

2015-07-14T14:28:39Z

‎Usage

JulienB: /* Usage */

2013-04-05T12:24:20Z

‎Usage

JulienB: /* Usage */

2013-04-05T09:23:08Z

‎Usage

JulienB: /* Usage */

2013-04-05T09:19:14Z

‎Usage

JulienB at 22:11, 31 March 2013

2013-03-31T22:11:35Z

JulienB: typos

2013-03-31T19:08:20Z

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 <pre class="apf">
   # wpa_supplicant -Dnl80211 -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -B
   # wpa_cli -B -a /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_cli-action.sh
-  # /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_cli-action.sh wlan0 CONNECTED # to force ip renewal if needed
+  # /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_cli-action.sh wlan0 CONNECTED # to force ip renewal if needed (first time)
 </pre>
 * Then you can check your Wi-Fi interface is available:

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 * Then you can create the Wi-Fi connection with WPA Supplicant:
 <pre class="apf">
-  # wpa_supplicant -Dwext -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -B
+  # wpa_supplicant -Dnl80211 -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -B
   # wpa_cli -B -a /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_cli-action.sh
   # /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_cli-action.sh wlan0 CONNECTED # to force ip renewal if needed

← Older revision		Revision as of 16:10, 18 December 2017
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	[[Category:Security]]		[[Category:Security]]
	[[Category:WiFi]]		[[Category:WiFi]]
		+	[[Category:Network]]

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 </pre>
-And finally to automatically activate your Wi-Fi interface when starting Linux, here is an init script example, to adapt to your Wi-Fi driver (update WIFIDRIVERS in the source) and to place into ''/etc/init.d/S61wifi'' (do not forget to give it execution rigths with ''chmod a+x /etc/init.d/S61wifi''):
+==Automate things at startup==
 <source lang="bash">
 #!/bin/sh

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 <pre class="apf">
   # modprobe libertas_sdio
 or
   # modprobe rt73usb

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 ==Usage==
 ''wpa_supplicant'' needs a configuration file in ''/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf''.
-Here is an example (WPA pre-shared key (TKIP)) and for your convience a generic '''/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf''' is already installed in the Armadeus BSP for releases > 5.2:
+For your convience a generic ''/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf'' is already installed in the Armadeus BSP (releases > 5.2).
 <pre class="host">
 ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=wheel
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 network={
 	ssid="''SSID''"
-	scan_ssid=1
+	scan_ssid=1  # only if ssid is hidden
 	proto=WPA
 	key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
@@ Line 37: / Line 38: @@
+}
 </pre>
-You can adapt ''/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf'' manually or use the ''wpa_passphrase'' tool to add your network (SSID/PASSPHRASE) automatically:
+You can adapt ''/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf'' manually.
 <pre class="apf">
   # wpa_passphrase "mynetworkSSID" "mynetworkPASSPHRASE" >> /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf

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   # /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_cli-action.sh wlan0 CONNECTED # to force ip renewal if needed
 </pre>
+* Then you can check your Wi-Fi interface is available:
 Then you can check your Wi-Fi interface is available:
 <pre class="apf">
-  # ifconfig wlan0
+# iwconfig wlan0
- wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
+wlan0     IEEE 802.11abgn  ESSID:"xxxx_xxxx"
            inet addr:192.168.0.20  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
            inet6 addr: 2a01:e35:2e35:f60:219:88ff:fe15:4237/64 Scope:Global
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 </pre>
-And finally to automatically activate your Wi-Fi interface when starting Linux, here is an init script example, to adapt to your Wi-Fi driver (update WIFIDRIVERS in the source) and to place into ''/etc/init.d/S61wifi'' (do not forget to give it execution rigths with ''chmod a+x /etc/init.d/S61Wifi''):
+And finally to automatically activate your Wi-Fi interface when starting Linux, here is an init script example, to adapt to your Wi-Fi driver (update WIFIDRIVERS in the source) and to place into ''/etc/init.d/S61wifi'' (do not forget to give it execution rigths with ''chmod a+x /etc/init.d/S61wifi''):
 <source lang="bash">
 #!/bin/sh
+#
-# Starts wifi services
+# Starts Wi-Fi services
+#
 # do not forget to update your wpa_supplicant configuration
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 case "$1" in
 	start)
-		echo "Starting wifi"
+		echo "Starting Wi-Fi"
 		modprobe $WIFIDRIVERS
 		ip link set dev wlan0 up
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 	stop)
 		wpa_cli -i wlan0 disconnect
 		wpa_cli -i wlan0 terminate

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 The most used one on Linux is ''wpa_supplicant''; we will see here how to install and configure it.
-{{Note|wpa_supplicant is also able to handle WEP connections}}
+{{Note|''wpa_supplicant'' is also able to handle WEP or unencrypted connections}}
 ==Installation==