kernel source install

[Neil Cherry]

Jeff McKeon wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com 
>> [mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Neil Cherry
>> Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2005 12:32 PM
>> To: For users of Fedora Core releases
>> Subject: Re: kernel source install
>>
>>
>> Jeff McKeon wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks Craig, what does the error message mean though?  Just for my 
>>> own knowledge...
>> Basically it means that you compiled the module for one 
>> kernel and are using it on another. As long as there were no 
>> major changes between versions this is OK.
>>> Now it seems I can't configure the wlan0 interface.
>>>
>>> If I issue:
>>>
>>> iwconfig wlan0 essid "mynet"
>>>
>>> And then issue the command:
>>>
>>> Iwconfig
>>>
>>> It still shows essid:off/any
>> I remember having a lot of problems with wlan. I then added 
>> wpa_supplicant so I could use WEP & WPA-PSK which works well 
>> with my Linksys WRT54G.
> 
> Hmm, sounds like what I need here. My AP is a linksys wrt54g as well. 
> 
> Where do I get the wpa_suplicant?

Normally I'd say google it but I couldn't find it there! So here try
this:

http://hostap.epitest.fi/wpa_spplicant/

Here's how I run the whole thing:

modprobe ndiswrapper # (I did the whole setup thing before this)
iwconfig wlan0 essid YeahRightImNotTelling # replace with yours
iwconfig wlan0 channel 6 # try others if it's in use by others
ifconfig wlan0 192.168.0.10 # what ever ...
sleep 1 # I had a little trouble if I rushed things
wpa_supplicant -Dndiswrapper -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -B
sleep 2
route add default gw 192.168.0.254 wlan0

My wpa_supplicant.conf file is a lot of comments but with only this
entry:

eapol_version=1 # could try 2

ap_scan=1
fast_reauth=1

network={
   ssid= "YeahRightImNotTelling"
   psk="Your PSK"
   key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
   proto=WPA
   priority=5
   bssid=00:11:22:33:44:55
}

Replace 00:11:22:33:44:55 with the MAC address of your WRT54G.

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