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Mick wrote: |
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> On Monday 01 June 2009, Michael Niggli wrote: |
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>> Mick wrote: |
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>>> Hi All, |
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>>> Until gentoo-sources-2.6.29-r5 came out I was able to use my ath5 card |
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>>> with wpa_supplicant. My /etc/conf.d/net contained: |
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>>> ============================================= |
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>>> modules=( "wpa_supplicant" ) |
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>>> wpa_supplicant_ath0="-Dmadwifi" |
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>>> ============================================= |
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>>> [snip] |
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>>> |
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>> Hi Mick |
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>> You might want to try and change |
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>> wpa_supplicant_ath0="-Dmadwifi" |
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>> to |
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>> wpa_supplicant_ath0="-Dwext" |
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>> Works like a charm over here :-) |
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>> |
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> Thanks Michael, I did try it, but I am not sure if wpa_supplicant is meant to |
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> work with kernel modules or with external modules ... or with both? |
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It should work with both - from its perspective, there shouldn't be any |
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difference between in-kernel or an external module, actually :-) |
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So if it doesn't work already with -Dwext, you might want to make sure |
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/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf is properly configured |
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(wpa_supplicant usually doesn't automatically pick up networks it is not |
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configured for). |
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man wpa_supplicant.conf helps here :-) |
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A minimal configuration for an unencrypted network might look like |
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ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=wheel |
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network={ |
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ssid="your-essid" |
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key_mgmt=NONE |
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} |
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Hope that helps. |
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Regards |
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Michael |
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