[PLUG] Accessing Wireless Router/AP

drew wymore drew.wymore at gmail.com
Wed Nov 24 17:34:22 UTC 2010


On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 9:30 AM, Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com>wrote:

> On Wed, 24 Nov 2010, drew wymore wrote:
>
> > I prefer WPA2-PSK but that's me. Others may chime in with their
> preferences.
>
> Drew,
>
>   I just read the Wikipedia page on WPA/WPA2-PSK. I have a 13-character
> passphrase in mind. What the article did not explain is what I need to do
> to
> the portables here to allow them to reach the AP using the passphrase.
>
>   Once I enter that passphrase in the Asus I need to provide it to the Dell
> (running Slackware-current) and the Toshiba (running xubuntu-10.4; to be
> upgraded as soon as the wireless AP is working).
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rich
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You'll need to grab wpa-supplicant packages for both distros and they'll
help you configure the WPA passwords needed to connect via wireless.

Drew-



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