[AuckLUG] Ubuntu 7.04, wireless card and WPA-PSK?

[Hansel Dunlop]

Good morning Ken, how frustrating!

However, I think I have found the both the answer, and solution, to your
problem. According to this bug report (
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/106874) you
need to set up WPA manually in /etc/network interfaces like so:

auto ra0
> iface ra0 inet dhcp
>         pre-up ifconfig ra0 up
>         pre-up ifconfig ra0 down
>         pre-up ifconfig ra0 up
>         pre-up ifconfig ra0 down
>         pre-up iwconfig ra0 essid "router"
>         pre-up iwconfig ra0 mode Managed
>         pre-up iwpriv ra0 set AuthMode=WPAPSK
>         pre-up iwpriv ra0 set EncrypType=TKIP
>         pre-up iwpriv ra0 set WPAPSK="mypass"
>         pre-up ifconfig ra0 up


There appears to be some problems with the Ralink driver and the
network-manager program in Ubuntu.  Which is why it's not recognised as
providing WPA support. Even though it now does.

Let me know if that works

Cheers

Hansel



On 8/19/07, Ken Lomax <ken at lomax.gen.nz> wrote:
>
> THis is being a real bitch
>
> 1) using apt-get it says wpasupplicant is already installed  --ok
> 2) Using link--only get wep settings showing, not the whole set as shown
> in the pic.
> Have tried everything else suggested, but cannot get to work.
>
> Any other suggestions?
>
> THis card did work on the network in this machine before I set up wpa-psk
> on the access point.
> It appears to be a configuration problem, but i am unable to set it
>
> REgards
> KEn
>
> > Ah, okay then - Try using this howto:
> >
> http://blog.yumdap.net/archives/56-The-ease-of-WPA-in-Ubuntu-Feisty-Fawn.html
> .
> >
> >
> > When you installed wpasupplicant you did use the package manager? i.e
> > "sudo
> > apt-get install wpasupplicant" if you installed it from source or
> > something
> > then it may very well not be properly configured. If you don't want to
> use
> > apt-get on the command line then you could also use synaptic which is in
> > the
> > menu under System/Administration/Synaptic Package Manager to find and
> > install the package. When using ubuntu, like Debian, it really pays to
> > just
> > use the package manager to install software. Going outside it is the
> cause
> > of most problems that people seem to have with these distributions.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Hansel
> >
> > On 8/18/07, Ken Lomax <ken at lomax.gen.nz> wrote:
> >>
> >> I have two other machines here using the network using wpa, although
> >> both
> >> of those laptops are using m$.
> >>
> >> I have tried installing wpasupplicant, but not sure how to activate it
> >> properly. The docs seem to finish at the end of the make and do not go
> >> into details about how to connect and use it. So i am not sure if it is
> >> in
> >> the right place etc. Ubuntu did not install it (I dont think) when
> >> ubuntu
> >> was installed, even though the card was in the machine and it is
> >> recognised otherwise. THe card was working on the network before i
> >> changed
> >> the security to WPA. The machines final location has a wpa network so i
> >> need to get it to work
> >>
> >> I am not very familiar with Ubuntu admin, more familiar with fedora, so
> >> perhaps there is something i am missing
> >>
> >> Cheers
> >> Ken
> >>
> >>
> >> > WPA-PSK (1 and 2) works under Ubuntu 7.04. In fact I'm typing this
> >> email
> >> > on
> >> > a lap top connected to just such a network now.
> >> >
> >> > So I guess my suggestion would be general trouble shooting stuff. Are
> >> > other
> >> > clients able to connect to the router while it is using WPA? Is the
> >> > package
> >> > wpasupplicant installed? That seems to be the only WPA related
> package
> >> > that
> >> > is installed on my system. I'm pretty sure it was installed by
> default
> >> > though.
> >> >
> >> > Cheers
> >> >
> >> > Hansel
> >> >
> >> > On 8/17/07, Ken Lomax <ken at lomax.gen.nz> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> Hi
> >> >>
> >> >> I have installed Ubuntu 7.04 on a Asus P55-mx se mother board
> >> machine.
> >> I
> >> >> have also installed a CNet cwp-854 pci wireless card in the machine.
> >> >>
> >> >> Ubuntu picks up the card and it worked fine until i set up WPA-PSK
> >> >> security on my wireless access point. Ubuntu likes only WEP.
> >> >>
> >> >> I have downloaded the files from Ralink website and set up according
> >> to
> >> >> the instructions.
> >> >>
> >> >> However I still cannot get WPA working.
> >> >>
> >> >> Ubuntu recognises my card as ra1 while the docs seem to think it
> >> should
> >> >> be
> >> >> recognised as ra0. THere is a pci wired network card in the machine
> >> >> which
> >> >> is recognised as eth0. Ubuntu does not work with the inbuilt network
> >> >> interface.
> >> >>
> >> >> Any suggestions? This machine is destined for another location with
> a
> >> >> WPA
> >> >> wireless setup, so I need to make it work.
> >> >>
> >> >> THanks for any help
> >> >>
> >> >> Regards
> >> >> Ken
> >> >>
> >> >>
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