Re: cookbook to installing/configuring WPA

Douglas Mayne <doug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 23:08:54 +0000, Wayne Dernoncourt wrote:

Douglas Mayne <doug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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These were the steps I followed to fit these pieces together.

1. Downloads (above).
2. libdnet compile and install
3. kernel compile (using config I referenced.)
4. kernel install, then reboot with it.
5. ieee80211 compile and install
6. driver compile and install (this would be prism for you)
7. wpa_supplicant compile and wpa_supplicant.conf setup.
8. wpa_cli to start secure wireless networking.

Judging from your list, it looks like I start the process
at step 7 (assuming I have the files I need from step 1).

First, I think you'll need at least all of the matching source
code for the relevent packages, including the source code for
your running kernel. The binaries are not enough. But you may
very well be able to skip to step 7 using that approach, I
don't know. You would look for the magic source RPMs to go
with your magic RPMs.

I did confirm I have all of the source code from the guy in
Finland, I'm not sure what to do with it. Maybe I'll start
reading through the documentation and trying to puzzle this
stuff out.

I doubt it would work without all of the source code present,
though.

Could be, but I'm still trying to figure out how this stuff
fits together. If I put the router in WPA/TKIP mode and
things don't work, I'm probably be at a loss on how to
figure out if I misconfigured the router or misconfigured
the network settings in Linux (or both).

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