I have been using xubuntu for months now, and I have modified it to use mostly fvwm and the command line. I don't have xfce or other GUI niceties, as my laptop is too slow, PII. I have been able to connect to networks that don't require authentication. I'm using a Windows computer now, that uses the same network. I have WPA_supplicant installed. Given this information I figure that my computer can connect to encrypted networks, but I simply don't know how to configure my network on Linux properly when the encryption key is on. I have looked at a nice web site to try to do this on my own. I have read through the man pages as well. Really, I just want to be able to connect using iwconfig right now. I can worry about connecting auto-magically latter.
One interesting bit of information: when I try to connect now, I am immediately thrown into an error page, on Firefox. Normally, when I try to connect to open networks, my computer will at least search for a minute before it gives up. Any information is better than no information at this point, and thanks in advance. I have supplied the following typescript file, that I modified, for any information I think is necessary. Obviously I changed the password for this forum.
usr@usr-laptop:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
wifi0 no wireless extensions.
ath0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"2WIRE338" Nickname:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: 00:19:E4:29:16:69
Bit Rate:36 Mb/s Tx-Power:16 dBm Sensitivity=0/3
Retry
ff RTS thr
ff Fragment thr
ff
Power Management
ff
Link Quality=60/94 Signal level=-24 dBm Noise level=-84 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:115 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
usr@usr-laptop:~$ iwlist ath0 scan
ath0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:19:E4:29:16:69
ESSID:"2WIRE338"
Mode:Master
Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
Quality=59/94 Signal level=-36 dBm Noise level=-95 dBm
Encryption key
n
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=100
usr@usr-laptop:~$ cat /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
# File: wpa_supplicant.conf
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=root
network={
ssid="2WIRE338"
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
psk="really_good_password"
}
usr@usr-laptop:~$ cat /etc/network/interfaces
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
auto eth1
iface eth1 inet dhcp
auto eth2
iface eth2 inet dhcp
auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
auto ath0
iface ath0 inet dhcp
wireless-key really_good_password
wireless-essid 2WIRE338
pre-up wpa_supplicant -Bw -Dwext -ieth1 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
post-down killall -q wpa_supplicant
auto ath0
