Trouble installing Gentoo through WPA network.
This was originally posted on Linux Forums under Gentoo Installation using minimal CD through WPA network it sat there for 2 weeks but my problem persists.
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Jonathanius |
Well, I can tell you how I set up my WPA-connection, if this helps.
After loading the module of the network card I use the following script to connect to the access point: Code:
wpa_supplicant -Bw -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf #Add "-d" at the end to show debug informations Code:
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant |
Thanks Pearlseattle for taking the time to reply, I tried what you told me, but unfortunately its still not working, I don't know if I'm even putting in the right thing, here is exactly what I input:
wpa_supplicant -Bw -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf sleep 4 ifconfig wlan0 10.0.0.18 netmask 255.0.0.0 sleep 2 route add default gw 10.0.0.2 ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant ctrl_interface_group=0 ap_scan=1 network={ ssid="thessidofyouraccesspoint" scan_ssid=1 psk="Your nice passphrase" priority=2 } After I input all of this the computer returns: bash: syntax error near unexpected token '}' In the third line I have tryed substituting my DNS for 1.0.0.8 and also my netmask for 255.0.0.0 but all this to no avail, pings always return: ping: unknown host www.gentoo.org (or whatever other URL I tried to ping) Also when I input: iwconfig wlan0 it says the essid is "ARTSTUP1" which is not the name of our network, in fact I have absolutely no idea where it came from. it also says that the Encryption key is off So, am I doing the right thing? If so, do you have any other suggestions, if not, what should I change? Thanks again for your help! -Jonathanius |
Hi
To me it looks like you're writing the whole stuff on the command line, or? But what I mentioned is split into two parts: the first one is what you type on the command line, the second one is the configuration you set up in your "wpa_supplicant.conf"-file. Am I wrong? |
Yes that is correct I have been typing it all into the command line. How would I get to where I can configure the wpa_supplicant.conf file? Could you please show me exactly what to type? I am completely new to this. Thanks.
-Jonthanius |
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