Question about wpasupplicant...

[David Abrahams]

Andy Anderson <opus at slowlanecafe.com> writes:

> I'm using Ubuntu Breezey Badger on an HP Pavilion zd8000 laptop with a
> Broadcom 802.11b/g card built in.  I'm using ndiswrapper to use the Windows
> driver provided by HP.  I'd been using an access point that supported only
> WEP security, but recently upgraded to on that also supports WPA. 
>
> I installed the wpasupplicant package and configured it with the help of
> http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=399787.  Everything is
> working, but only if I leave SSID broadcast turned on at the AP.  Does
> anyone
> have this working with an AP with SSID broadcast turned off?  If so, what is
> the secret?  I tried using "ap_scan=2" but that didn't work...
>
> Here is my /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf file:

<schnipp>

This works for me under dapper (I'm using WPA personal):

  ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
  ctrl_interface_group=0
  eapol_version=1
  ap_scan=2
  fast_reauth=1
  network={
        ssid="my-SSID"
        proto=WPA
        key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
        pairwise=TKIP
        group=TKIP
        psk="my-PSK"
  }

HTH,

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Dave Abrahams
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