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Re: WPA cannot install in ASCII - need the wpa_supplicant.conf file

dummy@example.com (guidol) — Tue, 06 Nov 2018 17:13:23 +0000

Generate a /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf (see https://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/HowToUse)

I did create my file with:

su -c "wpa_passphrase myssid my_very_secret_passphrase > /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf"

and did configure my wlan0 in /etc/network/interfaces with

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
    wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

or for a static IP (in my network):

# wlan0
auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet static
address 192.168.6.125
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.6.1
# here are my own 2 Pi-Hole DNS servers
dns-nameservers 192.168.6.20 192.168.6.3
# Google DNS
# dns-nameservers 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4
wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

Re: WPA cannot install in ASCII - need the wpa_supplicant.conf file

dummy@example.com (Panopticon) — Sun, 07 Oct 2018 13:28:35 +0000

You need to investigate what these commands are doing and learn how to use them first but as a guide research the following set of commands to suit your setup.

As ROOT - Check first.

ip link show

ip link set wlan0 up

iw wlan0 link

iw wlan0 scan

Then...

wpa_passphrase ESSID >> /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
[enter pass]

 wpa_supplicant -B -D wext -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf

dhclient wlan0

Always check and study the very useful documentation that come with packages if available in a terminal like man wpa_supplicant or man wpa_passphrase man wpa_supplicant.conf

Re: WPA cannot install in ASCII - need the wpa_supplicant.conf file

dummy@example.com (ralph.ronnquist) — Sun, 07 Oct 2018 09:01:45 +0000

I think the configuration file for wpa_supplicant that you refer to is created either manually (in a manual networking setting) or by the networking utility software (e.g. network-manager or wicd). E.g., for wicd, I have the configuration files in /var/lib/wicd/configurations/ with some "random" filenames.

WPA cannot install in ASCII - need the wpa_supplicant.conf file

dummy@example.com (menuhin) — Sun, 07 Oct 2018 05:27:42 +0000

Hi forum member,

Which package should I install to have the /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf file in place?

I tried searching in Synoptics for ‘wpa’ and installing the top matches - there are dependencies issues in some and could not install.

I need that file / package for network configuration in a work place.

Best,
M