Configuring Wireless - Revision history

Gr0x0rd: /* Configuring Hardware - Configuring Wireless */

2011-01-12T17:19:38Z

Configuring Hardware - Configuring Wireless

Gr0x0rd: /* /etc/conf.d/net */

2011-01-12T17:19:07Z

/etc/conf.d/net

Gr0x0rd: /* /etc/conf.d/net */

2011-01-12T17:16:39Z

/etc/conf.d/net

Gr0x0rd: /* /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf */

2011-01-12T17:16:22Z

/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

Gr0x0rd: /* Configuring Hardware - Configuring Wireless */

2011-01-09T01:02:17Z

Configuring Hardware - Configuring Wireless

Gr0x0rd: /* /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf */

2010-12-06T06:41:41Z

/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

Gr0x0rd: /* Configuring Hardware - Configuring Wireless */

2010-12-06T00:00:49Z

Configuring Hardware - Configuring Wireless

Gr0x0rd: /* /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf */

2010-12-05T23:59:34Z

/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

Gr0x0rd: /* /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf */

2010-12-05T23:59:15Z

/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

Gr0x0rd: /* /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf */

2010-12-05T23:58:59Z

/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

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 Now we'll need to modify the network startup configuration so your wireless card is initialized during the boot process.
   '''$''' sudo nano -w /etc/conf.d/net
-As long as your card uses the ''wireless-tools'' package for configuration and not some other package, the following should work fine. Also, since you will mostlikely be using wireless in addition to a wired adapter, we'll set the properties for the wired adapter to improve boot time and reduce the time it takes to renew its ip.
+As long as your card uses the ''wireless-tools'' package for configuration and not some other package, the following should work fine.
 === /etc/conf.d/net ===

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 === /etc/conf.d/net ===
   ...
   modules_wlan0=( "wpa_supplicant" )
   wpa_supplicant_wlan0="-Dwext"

@@ Line 98: / Line 98: @@
 === /etc/conf.d/net ===
   ...
   modules_wlan0=( "wpa_supplicant" )
   wpa_supplicant_wlan0="-Dwext"

@@ Line 94: / Line 94: @@
 Now we'll need to modify the network startup configuration so your wireless card is initialized during the boot process.
   '''$''' sudo nano -w /etc/conf.d/net
-As long as your card uses the ''wireless-tools'' package for configuration and not some other package, the following should work fine.
+As long as your card uses the ''wireless-tools'' package for configuration and not some other package, the following should work fine. Also, since you will mostlikely be using wireless in addition to a wired adapter, we'll set the properties for the wired adapter to improve boot time and reduce the time it takes to renew its ip.
 === /etc/conf.d/net ===
   ...

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   '''$''' sudo modprobe ''ath9k''
 If you don't see any error messages the module is configured correctly. If you haven't already, be sure to add the module to ''/etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6''. Depending on the card, you may also have to emerge a software package for your card, in order to create an interface between the kernel driver and the software package you'll use to configure it. For most cards, this will be the ''net-wireless/wireless-tools'' package.
-  '''$''' sudo emerge -s wireless-tools
+  '''$''' sudo emerge -av wireless-tools
 Once the package has emerged, we'll also need to install a package to manage the connections between the card and the networks it connects to. Since most wireless access points use WPA or WPA2 for security, the best package for this is ''wpa_supplicant''. Before emerging, be sure that you have set the '''qt4''' USE flag for it in your '''/etc/portage/package.use''' so you can use a simple GUI to manage your network connections.
   '''$''' sudo nano -w /etc/portage/package.use

← Older revision		Revision as of 06:41, 6 December 2010
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	Feel free to use google to find some manual wpa_supplicant.conf examples. The other option is to use the GUI to configure your networks; most users will mostlikely find this to be the easiest option.		Feel free to use google to find some manual wpa_supplicant.conf examples. The other option is to use the GUI to configure your networks; most users will mostlikely find this to be the easiest option.
		+
		+	We'll need to make some changes in order for normal users to make changes to wireless connections.
		+	'''$''' sudo chown root:users /usr/bin/wpa_gui
		+	'''$''' sudo chown root:users /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
		+	'''$''' sudo chmod 775 /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
		+	'''$''' sudo chown -R root:users /var/run/wpa_supplicant
		+
		+	In order to configure the device and set it to start with the system, we'll need to determine what name udev has given it. To look at the udev rules
		+	'''$''' sudo cat /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
		+	The results should look something like this:
		+	# PCI device 0x168c:0x002b (ath9k)
		+	SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?", ATTR{address}=="48:5d:60:64:75:73", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="wlan", NAME="wlan0"
		+	The key piece of information here is the NAME value. We can see the device has been set to wlan0. Next we'll want to set the device to start with the networking stack at boot time. To do this, we'll create a symbolic link to the card's initialization routines. This may have been done for you already, but in case it hasn't
		+	'''$''' cd /etc/init.d
		+	'''$''' sudo ln -s net.lo /etc/init.d/net.wlan0
		+	Now we'll need to modify the network startup configuration so your wireless card is initialized during the boot process.
		+	'''$''' sudo nano -w /etc/conf.d/net
		+	As long as your card uses the ''wireless-tools'' package for configuration and not some other package, the following should work fine.
		+	=== /etc/conf.d/net ===
		+	...
		+	modules_wlan0=( "wpa_supplicant" )
		+	wpa_supplicant_wlan0="-Dwext"
		+	config_wlan0=( "dhcp" )
		+	...
		+	At this point, we're ready to initialize the wireless card.
		+	'''$''' sudo ifconfig wlan0 up
		+	Once this command has completed, you can check the status of the wireless device.
		+	'''$''' sudo ifconfig -s
		+	If your device is listed, looks like you've succeeded. Start the card.
		+	'''$''' sudo /etc/init.d/net.wlan0 start
		+	If you've configured wpa_supplicant correctly, the card should grab an IP from the highest priority wireless access point it can successfully connect to. You should now have a successful wireless connection.

← Older revision		Revision as of 00:00, 6 December 2010
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	priority=1023		priority=1023
	}		}
		+
		+	Feel free to use google to find some manual wpa_supplicant.conf examples. The other option is to use the GUI to configure your networks; most users will mostlikely find this to be the easiest option.

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   # Simple case: WPA-PSK, PSK as an ASCII passphrase, allow all valid ciphers
   network={
-        ssid="WPAnetworkID"
+         ssid="WPAnetworkID"
   	scan_ssid=0
   	key_mgmt=WPA-PSK

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   network={
          ssid="WPAnetworkID"
-	scan_ssid=0
+ 	scan_ssid=0
-	key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
+ 	key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
-	pairwise=CCMP TKIP
+ 	pairwise=CCMP TKIP
-	group=CCMP TKIP
+ 	group=CCMP TKIP
-	psk="secretwpapassphrase"
+ 	psk="secretwpapassphrase"
    	priority=1024
+  }

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   # another case: WEP network with a SHARED key
   network={
-        ssid="WEPnetworkID"
+         ssid="WEPnetworkID"
-        scan_ssid=1
+         scan_ssid=1
-        key_mgmt=NONE
+         key_mgmt=NONE
-        wep_key0="secretweppassphrase"
+         wep_key0="secretweppassphrase"
-        auth_alg=SHARED
+         auth_alg=SHARED
-        priority=1023
+         priority=1023
+  }