Re: Connecting to a particular SSID

From: Jule Slootbeek (jslootbeek_at_clarku.edu)
Date: 09/30/04

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To: William Ballard <nospam_40811@alltel.net>

    I've been doin iwconfig eth0 essid [ssid_name]
    has worked great

    Jule

    William Ballard wrote:
    > I've got ndiswrapper working with my Broadcom 4306 using my Windows
    > driver, and I've got wpasupplicant installed.
    >
    > There are two SSIDs within range of me: mine (which is WPA/54g) and
    > another (unprotected open 802.11b at neighbors house).
    >
    > "ifup wlan0" connects me to neighbors SSID, I get an IP and can surf the
    > web. Nice of my neighbor to have that, that means I know the driver is
    > working.
    >
    > But how can I specify the SSID and connect to mine? I've read the
    > commands to make wpa_supplicant start working:
    >
    > wpa_supplicant -Dndiswrapper -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -iwlan0 -d
    >
    > How can I make "ifup wlan0" call this? /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
    > contains my SSID and WPA shared private key.
    >
    > 

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