> Under FC4 I make some wpa_supplicant.conf and make my own wpa_supplicant > init script without many problems. > > When I upgraded my laptop, I were surprised that only installing the > livna-rpm for de ipw firmware, the wpa_supplicant package and config > something into /etc/sysconfig/wpa_supplicant and adapt my > /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf file to my WPA network were sufficient. > > I don't know why needed to use the Network Manager and the complexity > exposed under the link, perhaps is an alternative to make more secure the > links. > > I think, that now, in FC5, at least with ipw2200 driver, the live is more > easy to configure the WPA support. > > The steps where very simple: > 1) With system-config-network (or elsewhere) configure your IP settings > under wifi interface (without encription). > 2) Say in /etc/sysconfig/wpa_supplicant the interfaces and drivers used > with that interfaces. > 3) Configure your /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf file. > 4) Enable your wpa_supplicant service to run at boot: > chkconfig --levels 345 wpa_supplicant on > > Now you only need to do "service wpa_supplicant start|stop|status....." > when you need. > > Regards > > -- > Samuel Díaz García > ArcosCom Wireless, S.L.L. > > CIF: B11828068 > c/ Romero Gago, 19 > Arcos de la Frontera > 11630 - Cadiz > > http://www.arcoscom.com > > mailto:samueldg@xxxxxxxxxxxx > msn: samueldg@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > Tlfn.: 956 70 13 15 > Fax: 956 70 34 83 > > Samuel, in FC5, don't even config wpa_supplicant manually, just start NetworkManager services and configure it via applet you get on gnome-desktop. takes 1 minute with wpa-psk... HTH Roger
