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Encrypted Ad-hoc

Has anyone setup an encrypted wpa ad-hoc wireless network? I would like to be pointed down the right direction.

iwconfig eth1 mode Ad-Hoc

vi rc.inet1.conf and add

IFNAME[1]="ath0"
...
WLAN_WPA[1]="wpa_supplicant"
WLAN_WPADRIVER[1]="whatever card your using"

Regards,
JKZfixme

That doesn't explain what I'm looking for. What type of encryption will work?

This is from a Slackware 12.0 system.

From /usr/doc/wpa_supplicant-0.5.7/wpa_supplicant.conf.sample:-

Quote:

# mode: IEEE 802.11 operation mode
# 0 = infrastructure (Managed) mode, i.e., associate with an AP (default)
# 1 = IBSS (ad-hoc, peer-to-peer)
# Note: IBSS can only be used with key_mgmt NONE (plaintext and static WEP)
# and key_mgmt=WPA-NONE (fixed group key TKIP/CCMP). In addition, ap_scan has
# to be set to 2 for IBSS. WPA-None requires following network block options:
# proto=WPA, key_mgmt=WPA-NONE, pairwise=NONE, group=TKIP (or CCMP, but not
# both), and psk must also be set.
#

Googleing around reveals that people have been experiencing problems with ad hoc mode and WPA but YMMV.

Quote:

Originally Posted by bgeddy (Post 3232881)

Googleing around reveals that people have been experiencing problems with ad hoc mode and WPA but YMMV.

Yeah I'm a bit afraid of that. I will have to research it then.