Linksys WRT54G Wireless Router

[William O'Higgins Witteman]

On Mon, Jan 23, 2006 at 07:33:48PM -0500, Jamon Camisso wrote:
>William O'Higgins Witteman wrote:
>>I was hoping to use WPA to get the appearance of security.  I followed
>>the directions here <http://www.vollink.com/gary/deb_wifi.html>, but
>>every time I turn on WPA on the router I am no longer able to access it.
>>ifplugd doesn't seem to do anything with my laptop's PCMCIA card.
>
>I had a hard time with Shared and WPA on the WRT54G with IPW2200 (intel). I 
>just ended up setting authentication to auto and it seems to work, with the 
>below additions that is.
>
>>If I take matters into my own hands like so:
>>
>>Pull and replace the wireless card
>># ifdown eth0
>># iwconfig eth0 essid $ESSID
>># ifup eth0
>>
>>I bring the card up, and it searches fruitlessly for an IP.  Am I doing
>>something wrong?
>
>The missing part is wpasupplicant. You need to install and configure it (if 
>you haven't already?) to use your home network. ifdown and ifup won't help 
>if it is not running as they will only bring the card up or down in a wep 
>or open state. It should run by default on startup. Which wireless card are 
>you using? You'll need to specify different options in the 
>/etc/default/wpasupplicant depending on your card.

I'm using an Asus WL-100, it's a Prism 2.  I installed and configured
wpasupplicant, and it seems to work, but I can't tell, because I can't
connect to my AP :-)
-- 

yours,

William

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