WPA-PSK from console

[Raseel Bhagat]

On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 8:41 AM, Andrey Zhidenkov <
andrey.zhidenkov at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 09:04:41PM +0200, Nils Kassube wrote:
> > Andrey Zhidenkov wrote:
> > > I'm configuring DWM now and have a problem with WiFi configuration. I
> > > suppose that I have to use wpa_supplicant. This is my conf file:
> > >
> > > -----------------------
> > >
> > > network={
> > >     ssid="ALG"
> > >     proto=WPA
> > >     key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
> > >     pairwise=TKIP
> > >     group=TKIP
> > >     psk="xxxx"
> > > }
> > >
> > > ----------------------
> > >
> > > When I run wpa_supplicant there is no any output, but iwconfig says
> > > that wlan "not associated". Any suggestions?
> >
> > Maybe you have the wrong WPA key? It should be the 64 character hex key,
> > not the passphrase. Run the command
> >
> > wpa_passphrase ssid passphrase
> >
> > in a terminal to get the correct entry.
> >
>
> Thank you, but I have used wpa_passphrase.
>


For WPA , the passphrase has to be between 8 to 63 characters.

Thanks,
Raseel
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