[SLE] Configuring Wireless with wpa_supplicant

From: Scott Leighton (helphand_at_pacbell.net)
Date: 10/26/04

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Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 20:52:49 -0700

    I'm having trouble getting dhcp working with my wireless setup and I think the
    issue may be in the sequence of commands needed to bring things up properly.
    After googling and reading tons of stuff on using ndiswrapper and
    wpa_supplicant, I'm still foggy on how it all works together, especially with
    regard to the many configuration files in /etc/sysconfig/network.

    My laptop is a HP zv5320, I have eth0 working fine and with ndiswrapper, I can
    get wlan0 working with WEP. Adding wpa_supplicant to the mix and I can
    connect to the AP fine, but dhcp doesn't seem to work properly. No route and
    no dns ever gets set up.

    I'm hoping someone can answer these for me...

    1) Do I have to bring eth0 down in order for dhcp to work on wlan0?

    2) What is the exact sequence for starting up wlan0 with wpa_supplicant? I've
    tried various combinations with confusing results...

    3) Assuming someone knows the answer to #2 above, in which of the many
    files/scripts under /etc/sysconfig/network would one put those commands so
    things can startup appropriately at boot time?
      
      Scott 

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