What it doesn't do: It doesn't notice that it's been associated (maybe?) and it does not acquire an IP address. I need to kick in dhclient in there or something maybe? This part isn't quite figured out yet.
I had much the same situation. I found this web-site:
http://www.vollink.com/gary/deb_wifi.html
which, after following precisely what it said, configured every thing properly. Subsequently, when I boot up, I am connected to my home wireless network (WPA-PSK AEC) automatically. I have a madwifi-ng driver so I had to compile wpa_supplicant manually (which took a LONG time to figure out due to the famous scarce documentation). Note that the menu boxes are there for you to choose your situation (I. E., I changed the wlan0 to ath0). Finally, I added a script thus:
#!/bin/bash
/usr/local/bin/wlanconfig ath0 create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode sta # <-- to bring up the ath0 interface due to the madwifi-ng driver.
/sbin/iwpriv ath0 mode 0 # <-- to change to scan mode (in lieu of set to a, b or g).
/usr/local/sbin/wpa_supplicant -Bw -Dmadwifi -iath0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf # <-- to bring up the wpa_supplicant script.
/sbin/iwconfig ath0 rate 54M # <-- to set the rate at 54 mega bits. I'm not sure that this should be in this script (as opposed wpa_supplicant.conf) since this probably only applies to my home network and not, say, my school's network.
exit 0
I saved this script as madwifi, stuck it in /etc/network, made it executable and put the line
pre-up /etc/network/./madwifi
in to /etc/network/interfaces:
# Wireless...
pre-up /etc/network/./madwifi # <-- the line.
allow-hotplug ath0 # <-- from the web-page I linked.
iface ath0 inet dhcp # <-- ibid.
That should work for every thing, though I must admit, I have yet to try it at, say, my school. Still, it should help you continue on the path to perfection.
Good skill in your endevours.
David R. Litwin.
Doug Miller
(That was a very nice post, Mr. Miller. It was informative and, as you say, did just tell the reader what to do.)
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—A watched bread-crumb never boils.
—My hover-craft is full of eels.
—[...]and that's the he and the she of it.
P. S.: Sorry Doug: I did not mean to send it only to you.
