Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Guidance requested for setting up ndiswrapper wireless under Gentoo

[Mark Knecht]

On 7/8/06, Willie Wong <wwong@×××××××××.edu> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 06, 2006 at 08:18:39PM -0700, Penguin Lover Mark Knecht squawked:
> > 4) I emerged wpa_supplicant based on info here that says
> > wpa_supplicant can be used with ndiswrapper:
> >
> > http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/mediawiki/index.php/WPA
> >
> > 5) When I emerged wpa_supplicant it said I needed to create a config
> > file /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf and gave a path to an
> > example, so I've extracted the example file and copied it to the
> > prescribed location. However the Gentoo pages say the right location
> > is /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf. Which location is correct?
>
> I have mine in /etc/wpa_cupplicant.conf, and it works for me there.
>
> > 6) it's so deep in examples I'm currently not clear how to modify it
> > or even why I'm using it. What is a wpa_supplicant and why does one
> > use it?
>
> When I first installed it, it was the only way to get WPA wireless.
> And it allows a much simpler way to manage the three different
> wireless networks that I would be using (I used to have to switch
> config files for the wlan device based on which building I was in...)
>
> I am sure there are other reasons, but I don't know any of them of the
> top of my head. Perhaps you should visit the website for
> wpa_supplicant to find out?
>
> >   At this point I'm pretty lost. I'm guess I'm making some headway
> > with ndiswrapper being that it's loaded not complaining too much, but
> > none of my iwconfig commands seem to change its state so far. I.e. - I
> > tell it an essid but it doesn't show that it changed the essid:
> >
> >   I think that if someone can get me clued in about wpa's and how to
> > configure for real network I'll likely get there pretty quickly from
> > here.
>
> Look again at the example file for wpa_supplicant. The first half you
> most likely won't need to change... there's one option in it that
> might be important for NDIS users, so you might just want to search
> for NDIS in the comments and see if that applies to you.
>
> Then you can just scroll all the way to bottom, pick out an example
> network-block configuration that most closely resembles the one you
> have, and modify it to suit yourself. The configuration commands are
> pretty self-explanatory, and if you are confused, croll up a page or
> two, and you'll find the documentation for the commands.
>
> W

Thanks Willie,
   I got it working yesterday but it's broken today. See the post I
just made to the list for more details. Maybe you can see what mistake
I'm making.

   Thanks for the response.

Cheers,
Mark
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