Configuring Wifi(WPA) at Fedora Linux

Step 1
Configure your AP with these options:

WPA2-PSK/TKIP or WPA2-PSK/AES+TKIP or WPA2-PSK/AES
Timeout equal to 3600 (WPA Group Rekey Interval)
Give a Name to SSID (anything)
And of course the passphrase (password).

Step 2
Create a passphrase with wpa_passphrase:

usage: wpa_passphrase [passphrase]

# wpa_passphrase YOURSSID YOURPASSPHRASE >>
/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

My wpa_supplicant.conf

network={
        ssid="MYSSID"
        scan_ssid=1 # It's because I use the hidden ssid option (see man 5 wpa_supplicant.conf)
        priority=5
        psk=????????????????????????????? # (My PassPhrase)
}

Step 3

Configure Your Network Wlan. Here, My Config.

# cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0

DEVICE=wlan0 # change for your nic
HWADDR=??:15:??:AC:??:?? # change for your hw nic
TYPE=Wireless
MODE=Managed
ESSID=(My SSID) # change for your ssid name
ONBOOT=yes
BOOTPROTO=static
IPV6INIT=no

IPADDR=YOUR NET IP HERE
NETMASK=YOUR NETMASK HERE
NETWORK=YOUR NETWORK NUMBER HERE
BROADCAST=YOUR BROADCAST NUMBER HERE
GATEWAY=YOUR GW HERE

or use DHCP.

Step 4:

Configure the wpa_supplicant start options:

# cat /etc/sysconfig/wpa_supplicant

INTERFACES="-iwlan0"
DRIVERS="-Dwext"
OTHER_ARGS="-u -f /var/log/wpa_supplicant.log
-P /var/run/wpa_supplicant.pid"


And check if wpa_supplicant start at boot.

# chkconfig --list | grep wpa
wpa_supplicant  0:off   1:off   2:off   3:off   4:off   5:on    6:of

# chkconfig --level 5 wpa_supplicant on
or
# chkconfig --levels 345 wpa_supplicant on

Simple Troubleshooting:

iwconfig show if you stay connected. See the logs with

# tail -f /var/log/wpa_supplicant.log

and have fun!


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