[pkg-wpa-devel] WPA connects to wrong network

[Kel Modderman]

Short Steve wrote:
>
> allow-hotplug wlan0
> iface wlan0 inet dhcp
> wpa-driver ndiswrapper

Set this line to 'wpa-driver wext', ndiswrapper has deprecated the 
private ndiswrapper ioctl's.

> wpa-ssid goodview
> wpa-key-mgmt WPA-PSK

You most likely do not need this line either, the supplicant will 
correctly choose the cipher in 99% of cases.

> wpa-psk *******

Is this a plaintext string? or a string of hexadecimal characters?

If it is a plaintext string, use 'wpa-passphrase yourpassphrase' (I am 
just making sure ;-)


> # wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
> # wireless-essid goodview
> # wireless-mode managed
> # wireless-channel 6
> # wireless-key "*******"
>

wireless-tools is not able to set WPA parameters yet, therefore the 
above would not work on an WPA encrypted access point.

Thanks, kel.