Configuring WPA/WPA2 for WiFi access on Linux Clients
This is from the WiFi Edge blog by Steve Williams.
Please go and check out the entire post.
I just wanted to put this here to bring up the point of why I personally don’t do Linux any more. This was also a great reminder of all the steps that I *know* have to take place, yet I’m totally fine with the Mac OS X or Windows versions where I just have to point, click, and be connected.
Here are the commands to have a Linux client connect to a WPA Wireless Network:
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wpa_passphrase APN yoursecretkey
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Copy your wpa_passphrase output to /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
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ifconfig wlan1 up
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iwlist wlan1 scanning | grep -i essidiwconfig wlan1 essid APN
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wpa_supplicant -iwlan1 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
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dhclient wlan1
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ifconfig wlan1
At this point, you should be connected to your AP. Whew!
