From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1FzHfX-0006zp-Vk for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 08 Jul 2006 18:36:44 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with SMTP id k68IUPb0009309; Sat, 8 Jul 2006 18:30:25 GMT Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.184]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k68ID5Bt008819 for ; Sat, 8 Jul 2006 18:13:05 GMT Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id b2so218583nfe for ; Sat, 08 Jul 2006 11:13:05 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=AUpNkqsFWJyLbK/n3EDtrOQ5HUxYk/WlP1S1zjrzEieESe8vsHzyZmxoYKSubXID3akkzT7Pv8ST5V4XGFGAfHcU6sMR1O0S8YqoFW6zTmyOKVxaBiFkz98dzYIIogyPn96gqV1u0J5oiWZ09NoTtChvmkQ0xKNrXf5A50SK5sU= Received: by 10.48.243.16 with SMTP id q16mr2390817nfh; Sat, 08 Jul 2006 11:13:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.48.203.3 with HTTP; Sat, 8 Jul 2006 11:13:05 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <5bdc1c8b0607081113s63dc8534p9145e14331b63202@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2006 11:13:05 -0700 From: "Mark Knecht" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Guidance requested for setting up ndiswrapper wireless under Gentoo In-Reply-To: <20060708161731.GB4860@princeton.edu> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <5bdc1c8b0607061756i22095bat1fefd94549497558@mail.gmail.com> <5bdc1c8b0607062018q798feb7bw45e74f606e8815a5@mail.gmail.com> <20060708161731.GB4860@princeton.edu> X-Archives-Salt: f0a6b17e-e0ea-4b12-bf40-2ac20ea3c047 X-Archives-Hash: 1ab56711ab65fdb1014b1f537851d61e On 7/8/06, Willie Wong 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 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list