Gabriel Farrell on 4 Aug 2006 12:28:31 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] ubuntu and wpa wireless - semi/mostly solved


On Thu, Aug 03, 2006 at 08:27:30PM -0400, Mike Leone wrote:
> So with much digging, it turns out I need a package called "wpa_supplicant", 
> to handle the WPA encryption. And it *mostly* works.

For networking, this useful Debian administration page [1] should
apply to [x|g|k]ubuntu.  Also, if you can get wpa-supplicant working
(I still haven't gotten it working with madwifi on my thinkpad) then
Network Manager [2] is the guiest way to do things.

gabe


[1] http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/312
[2] http://www.gnome.org/projects/NetworkManager/
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