Ubuntu WPA_GUI WiFi

Capt'n Midnight

http://www.jeremychapman.info/cms/WPA-on-Ubuntu-Dapper-6.06-LTS

This is a pretty simple way to do it, the 'right' way, and one that works properly.

1. Get your WIFI card driver installed. I had to use DriverLoader to load the windows drivers for the rather substandard built in Broadcom card in my laptop.
2. Edit /etc/network/interfaces and find the section relating to your Wifi card. Mine was given eth1 by driverloader.
* cp /etc/network/interfaces /etc/network/interfaces.old
* nano /etc/network/interfaces
o add (under iface eth1 inet dhcp):
+ wpa-ssid yourssid
+ wpa-key-mgmt WPA-PSK
+ wpa-passphrase yourpassphrase
+ #wpa-driver yourdriver #(this is optional, mine works fine without it)
3. /etc/init.d/networking restart

Now wasn't that easier than using wpasupplicant? It should start automatically on boot, and everyone should be happy. Why Ubuntu couldn't integrate this into the GUI is beyond me, and I won't take the time to find out It works, I am happy.

EDIT 08/26/2006

My new instructions: to skip all this file editing and mucking around.

1. Install ubuntu
2. use a network cable if possible (if not, do what I said above to get online and follow the rest of the steps.Afterwards, restore your /etc/network/interfaces to default - 'cp /etc/network/interfaces.old /etc/network/interfaces')
3. Add repositories for universe and multiverse
4. sudo apt-get install network-manager-gnome
5. Click the little icon that appears in your taskbar
6. Choose your network
7. Enter WPA key
8. Surf

I'm getting there slowly - posting the link for my own reference

all I have to do is get the Eircom netopia and Ubuntu talking - but it don't seem to like the 64 character hex phrase

djmarkus

is wep not an option? have you tried networkmanager?

NutJob

I had majour problems with WPA-PSK TKIP and an RT2500 card(never solved it and im too paranoid for wep)

Moved to an Atheros card using madwifi drivers and no problems since

this may save you some time if you like gui stuff handles wpa_supplicant sites down so i cant check ndis wrapper support
http://packages.ubuntu.com/dapper/net/wifi-radar

Capt'n Midnight

djmarkus wrote:

is wep not an option? have you tried networkmanager?

WEP works fine
But WEP is not an option.