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Example /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf


Last Updated: 2011-08-07

The page below shows a sample configuration taken from
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=4&chap=4

Code Listing 3: an example /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf


# The below line not be changed otherwise we refuse to work
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant

# Ensure that only root can read the WPA configuration
ctrl_interface_group=0

# Let wpa_supplicant take care of scanning and AP selection
ap_scan=1

# Simple case: WPA-PSK, PSK as an ASCII passphrase, allow all valid ciphers
network={
ssid="simple"
psk="very secret passphrase"
# The higher the priority the sooner we are matched
priority=5
}

# Same as previous, but request SSID-specific scanning (for APs that reject
# broadcast SSID)
network={
ssid="second ssid"
scan_ssid=1
psk="very secret passphrase"
priority=2
}

# Only WPA-PSK is used. Any valid cipher combination is accepted
network={
ssid="example"
proto=WPA
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
pairwise=CCMP TKIP
group=CCMP TKIP WEP104 WEP40
psk=06b4be19da289f475aa46a33cb793029d4ab3db7a23ee92382eb0106c72ac7bb
priority=2
}

# Plaintext connection (no WPA, no IEEE 802.1X)
network={
ssid="plaintext-test"
key_mgmt=NONE
}

# Shared WEP key connection (no WPA, no IEEE 802.1X)
network={
ssid="static-wep-test"
key_mgmt=NONE
wep_key0="abcde"
wep_key1=0102030405
wep_key2="1234567890123"
wep_tx_keyidx=0
priority=5
}

# Shared WEP key connection (no WPA, no IEEE 802.1X) using Shared Key
# IEEE 802.11 authentication
network={
ssid="static-wep-test2"
key_mgmt=NONE
wep_key0="abcde"
wep_key1=0102030405
wep_key2="1234567890123"
wep_tx_keyidx=0
priority=5
auth_alg=SHARED
}

# IBSS/ad-hoc network with WPA-None/TKIP
network={
ssid="test adhoc"
mode=1
proto=WPA
key_mgmt=WPA-NONE
pairwise=NONE
group=TKIP
psk="secret passphrase"
}
Originally Posted by Skylinux @ 2006-03-1 10:54:54

 

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