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felipe
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 Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 2:18 pm Post subject: Intel WiFi Link 5100 & WPA2 |
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Hi,
It took me a few hours, but I finally got my intel 5100 working. However, the Gentoo handbook only describes how to connect to networks using wireless-tools and wpa_supplicant. Here is my problem: I have my wi-fi security set to WPA2 TKIP+AES, but wireless-tools only works with WEP and open networks and wpa_supplicant does not support the intel 5100 drive. What should I do? Will I have to resort to WEP? The more I change the conf files, the longer my computer takes to boot because it first tries to connect the wlan0 and then it tries eth0 as well. |
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alex.blackbit
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| Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 2:28 pm Post subject: |
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wpa_supplicant supports the newer intel wlan chips.
just use the wext driver. |
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Gambit89
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| Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:20 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah it works; I'm have the same card and using the and same encryption. In addition to alex's tips that you need to change on your system, here's the network config from my wpa_supplicant.conf. It took me a while to get it right, so here's hoping that this'll save you time:
| Code: | network={
disabled=1
ssid="cwlan"
bssid=00:1C:10:06:F0:8E
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
pairwise=CCMP
group=CCMP
proto=RSN
psk=averylongpskkeyhere
} |
The bssid and disabled aren't required, but I find the disabled option convenient and feel like the bssid option is more "direct" - or maybe I'm just paranoid  .
edit: I just remembered that I had disabled TKIP (paranoia again ), so this config might not work for you if you use TKIP.
edit2: You might be interested in sys-apps/netplug to reduce boot times. |
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xtz
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| Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:25 am Post subject: |
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| alex.blackbit wrote: | wpa_supplicant supports the newer intel wlan chips.
just use the wext driver. |
Correct, got Intel 5100 on my VAIO and it is supported. |
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