Please Help Configure WLAN with WPA_Supp

[nyblueguy]

Can someone please help me with getting my wireless configured. My card is on and works fine without WEP configured. I set the wpa_passphrase and put the key in /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf.

How should my etc/network/interfaces look?

My key does not seem to authticate properly. IT has the correct SSID

debian:/home/sp# wpa_supplicant -ieth1 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
ioctl[PRISM2_IOCTL_HOSTAPD]: Operation not supported
Failed to set encryption.
Authentication with 00:00:00:00:00:00 timed out.
Trying to associate with 00:13:10:4c:2c:ee (SSID='soby' freq=0 MHz)
ioctl[PRISM2_IOCTL_HOSTAPD]: Operation not supported

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Cell 06 - Address: 00:13:10:4C:2C:EE
ESSID:"soby"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11bg
Mode:Master
Channel:11
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:54 Mb/s
Extra: Rates (Mb/s): 1 2 5.5 6 9 11 12 18 24 36 48 54
Quality=71/100 Signal level=-57 dBm
Extra:wpa_ie=dd180050f20101000050f20201000050f2020 1000050f2020000
Extra: Last beacon: 343ms ago

[nyblueguy]

Can someone give me step by step configuring of my eth1 wireless card for WPA.......

[bigtomrodney]

Is it definitely your eth1? It's not impossible but often cards are wlan0 or ath0...

[nyblueguy]

When I disable WPA on my router I can connect. Also when I run iwlist scan I see my WLAN. I do not have the wpa_supplicant file in:/var/run/.

I also get this: /etc/init.d/wpasupplicant start
bash: /etc/init.d/wpasupplicant: No such file or directory

Could wpasupplicant not be installed properly? IF so how would I reinstall it?

Please help I have been working on this for a week. Total newbie....thanks for your help. I just want to configure my card for the settings below. I have done wpa_passphrase and put the output in wpa_supplicant.conf....what else do I need to do.

Cell 04 - Address: 00:13:10:4C:2C:EE
ESSID:"soby"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11bg
Mode:Master
Channel:11
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:54 Mb/s
Extra: Rates (Mb/s): 1 2 5.5 6 9 11 12 18 24 36 48 54
Quality=91/100 Signal level=-38 dBm Extra:wpa_ie=dd180050f20101000050f20201000050f2020 1000050f2020000
Extra: Last beacon: 25ms ago

[nyblueguy]

How do I set up debugging?

How can I figure out where my connection is failing?

Besides wpa_supplicant.conf and network/interfaces what files should I be editing and what info do I need to provide?

Much Apprecaited. thanks,

[nyblueguy]

Got it up and running