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Posted: **Mon Oct 01, 2007 1:22 am**

I have no problem connecting using WEP right out of the box. But I want to use WPA.

1. Turn on the wpa_supplicant service.
2. Configure wpa_supplicant.conf

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ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=wheel
ap_scan=2

network={
                 ssid="home"
                 key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
                 proto=WPA
                 pairwise=TKIP
                 group=TKIP
                 psk=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
                 scan_ssid=0
}

3. Edit /etc/sysconfig/wpa_supplicant and make sure these are the values set in it

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INTERFACES="-iwlan0"
Driver="-Dwext"

4.Go to /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/ and repeat the above step

Upon boot up I get "ioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]: Operation not supported" error.

WEXT auth param 4 value 0x0
WEXT auth param 5 value 0x1

Does anyone get Intel 3945 to work with wpa_supplicant while using iwlwifi drivers?

Posted: **Thu Oct 11, 2007 2:16 am**

after testing for a long time, i finally got my WPA connection working.

since I'm broadcasting my essid. the ap_scan is

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ap_scan=1

when wpa_supplicant service is turned on, chkconfig level 3,5 are activated.
but wpa_supplicant is set to start after the network service. rename the following link for rc3.d and rc5.d

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mv S12wpa_supplicant S09wpa_supplicant

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