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To stop WPA Supplicant daemon and switch off the connexion, you can use this command:
 
To stop WPA Supplicant daemon and switch off the connexion, you can use this command:
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Revision as of 14:38, 23 December 2010

When dealing with "strong" encryption of WiFi networks, you have to setup a WPA or WPA2 configuration. To handle the requirements of these protocols during association, a userspace daemon is needed: it is called a WPA supplicant. The most used one on Linux is wpa_supplicant; we will see here how to install and configure it.

Note Note: wpa_supplicant is also able to handle WEP connections


Installation

$ make menuconfig
Package Selection for the target  --->
    Networking  --->
        [*]   wpa_supplicant
        [ ]     Enable WPA with EAP
        [*]     Install wpa_cli binary
        [ ]     Install wpa_passphrase binary

EAP is only needed if you plan to use WPA in Enterprise mode == with a Radius server.

Usage

wpa_supplicant needs a configuration file in /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf. Here is an example:

ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=wheel
network={
ssid="SSID"
scan_ssid=1
proto=WPA
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
pairwise=TKIP
psk="PASSPHRASE"
}

Then you can create the Wifi connexion with WPA Supplicant:

 # ifconfig iwlan0 up
 # wpa_supplicant -iwlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -Dwext -B dhclient

Stop it

To stop WPA Supplicant daemon and switch off the connexion, you can use this command:

 # wpa_cli terminate

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