Using wpa_supplicant to Connect to a WPA-PSK Network

WORK IN PROGRESS

sudo wpa_passphrase "MySSID" "MyPre-SharedKey"

network''{
	ssid''"MySSID"
	#psk''"MyPre-SharedKey"
	psk''DA39A3EE5E6B4B0D3255BFEF95601890AFD80709B4B0D3255BFEF956
}

ctrl_interface''/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group''0
eapol_version''1
ap_scan''1
fast_reauth''1

network''{
	ssid''"MySSID"
	key_mgmt''WPA-PSK
	proto''WPA
	pairwise''TKIP
	group''TKIP
	psk''
}

sudo wpa_supplicant -Dwext -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf

OR

sudo wpa_supplicant -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf

– Main.FredPettis - 14 May 2009