Re: [gentoo-user] Android tether and wpa_supplicant

[Mick]

On Wednesday 05 May 2010 13:52:20 Fredrik Andersson wrote:
> Hi fellow gentoo users
>
> I'm trying to connect my laptop to my HTC Hero using wpa_supplicant,
> has anyone done this?
>
> this is what I see in wpa_cli when I do scan_result
>
> #bssid / frequency / signal level / flags / ssid
> #02:23:76:81:26:67      2412    240     [IBSS]  G1
>
> And according to the example wpa_supplicant.conf this should allow me
> to connect to a IBSS network.
> network={
>        ssid="G1"
>        mode=1
>        frequency=2412
>        proto=WPA
>        key_mgmt=NONE
>        pairwise=NONE
>        group=TKIP
>        #psk="abcdefghijklm"
> }
>
> I have tried the connection in Windows and that works, so the phone is
>  working.
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated :)

If you're using WPA you should define a passphrase.  You seem to have 
commented out your psk.
-- 
Regards,
Mick