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noobtolinux
10-01-2007, 11:30 PM
I have the Knoppix 5 Live CD and I am currently using it with a Dell Laptop and I'm trying it on an old desktop I have laying around. I have been able to configure my wireless card to connect to an unsecured network thanks to the documentation here. However, I can't seem to make my connection work at home since I use WPA-AES. I tried to configure my wpa_supplicant.config, but even then I was unable to connect to my network. My connection settings are:

WPA-Personal (AES authentication)
Channel 6
Mixed Mode

wpa_supplicant file

ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=wheel
ap_scan=1
network={
ssid="home"
scan_ssid=1
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
psk="my hex passphrase"
}

then when I run:

wpa_supplicant -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -i wlan0 -D ndiswrapper

I get a message that the AP cannot associate w/ driver.

Any suggestions? :!:

noobtolinux
10-03-2007, 08:17 AM
Issue resolved ... had to use wext instead of ndiswrapper as drivers when calling wpa_supplicant