On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 01:36:23PM +0100, Brian wrote: > On Fri 17 Aug 2012 at 10:52:30 +0100, Darac Marjal wrote: > > > On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 12:21:23AM -0300, Dr Beco wrote: > > > Dear usernixes, > > > > > > According to: > > > > > > http://www.tp-link.com/lk/article/?id=171 > > > > > > There are routers (coincidentally, I have one of them) that accept a > > > new device to establish a wireless connection without having to use > > > password. The method is simple: > > > > > > 1- Push the QSS button on the router. > > > 2- Run the QSS.EXE program on your windows machine in 2 minutes after > > > you pressed the QSS button. > > > > > > That is it! You are now connected! > > > > > > But, hey! QSS.EXE? How can we do it in our debian? > > > > The generic term for this is "Wifi Protected Setup" or WPS. Support > > isn't terribly well integrated into linux's wireless tools at the > > moment, but you can install "reaver" (apt-get install reaver), which > > should help you get connected. > > Why is a brute force attack program needed to use something which is > integrated into wpa_supplicant and wpa_gui?
Is it? Last time I looked it wasn't. If wpa_supplicant handles it now, then that's a lot easier. (Perhaps updating the apt summary might've helped me :)
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