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Old 08-23-2007   #1 (permalink)
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wpa_supplicant, Debian Etch

yesyerday i installed a fairly new rt61 wireless driver in etch. the driver is installed correctly. network manager scans and finds my home network with no problem. the problem comes in when i try to connect to the network, as wpa is not an option. i configured wpa_supplicant.conf as ;
ctrl_interface =/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface=_group=0
ap_scan=1
fast_reauth=1

network={
ssid=ssid
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
proto=WPA
pairwise=TKIP
group=TKIP
psk=encrypted passwd

what is wrong? anyone help?
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I'm guessing here but there seem to be two syntax errors:
Code:
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant    # don't put a space between 'ctrl_interface' and '='
ctrl_interface_group=0                    # don't put '=' between ctrl_interface' and '_group'
And I presume that you're closing the curly brace at the end of the 'network' block?
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wpa_supplicant

turns out it wasnt wpa_supplicant causing the problem. with the rt61 wireless driver that i was using i had to use the iwpriv commands from a terminal. works great. thanks for all your help
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