Wireless WPA2 Encryption

[rockwolf]

i'm looking for a distro that supports wireless wpa2 encryption right out of the box. the card is an Intel® PRO/Wireless 2200BG. i have a roommate that is very stubborn about this given encryption so i can't revert back to WEP. i've tried to get WPA2 and my card set up with various distros (fedora, ubuntu, debian) in the past but never succeeded. i always got confused with the steps involved. so, anyone know of an out of box solution? :confused:

[Satanic Atheist]

Not an out-of-the-box solution, but I can help you set up WPA_Supplicant.

Once it's set up, all you need to do is start a service via /etc/init.d/ and then it's available.

James

[dkeav]

you may also have to recompile your kernel to include ccmp, since wpa2 is not wpa

anyways, just pick a distro linux is linux, you wont have an out of the box experience with wpa2 im afraid, but if you pick one of the best of breeds you have a much better chance of one of us helping you get it to work, i use wpa2 on my homenetwork

but its very simple with freebsd, as long as you have the proper kernel modules and get your card working properly i doubt its too much of a pain

you could probably install ubuntu, which would have your intel card working out of the box and may also have ccmp in the kernel, then just install NetworkManager to manage your wireless for you, similar to how its done in windows if that helps you

[rockwolf]

i installed ubuntu 6.10 and it recognized my card. now i'm trying to figure out the rest, hopefully it will be easier with a newer distro.

[rockwolf]

ubuntu seemed easy enough to get working, was out of the box i guess, but i had to edit some files instead of getting it working with an app.

http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=263136

but at least i'm connected now!

[dkeav]

if you read the post above, NetworkManager would interface wpa_supplicant for you and you wouldn't of had to edit any config files, but whatever melts your butter

[rockwolf]

It's been awhile, but I'm back. I'm using Debian 4.0. I have wireless-tools, wpa_supplicant and the ipw2200 driver installed. I need to connect to a WPA2 TKIP-AES encrypted network.

I would like to configure my network interfaces like this:

If there is a wired connection available, connect automatically. (already works by default)

Then the wireless:
Priority 1:
I would want it to connect to the WPA2 encrypted network mentioned above.

Priority 2:
If that is not available, I would like it to connect to an open network called "Library Wireless"

Priority 3:
If that network is not available, would there be a way for me to fire up a wireless connection on the spot? However, I would not want it to connect automaticly.