[SATLUG] Help with Madwifi + WPA2 Supplicant + GUI configuration - ROOT

[Mitch Thompson]

Marc Ripley wrote:
> Howdy, I've just installed Debian etch netinstall to my wife's laptop.
> I loaded the MADWIFI drivers for the atheros chipset and had it
> working perfectly in open or WEP mode.
> I installed or activated a WPA2 supplicant but got tired of trying to
> figure out which of 3 or more conf files needed editing and tried a
> gui configuration applet.
>
> I tried the latest NetworkManager applet (I think this is the name)
> but the wireless icon never seemed to appear.  Could it be because it
> does not recognize ath01 as a wireless device?
>
> I then tried kwlan.  This worked and WPA2 would function... but only
> if one is logged in as root.
>
> I'd like to get either NWManager (gnome) working or kwlan but so any
> user of the laptop can enable the wpa2 supplicant.
>
> What am I missing?  I would not mind editing the config files but I'l
> literaly lost with the number of config files involved.  (I think 3
> but there may be more)
>
> I also have problems with web browsing with flash will drag the
> computer to a halt but I would like to fix one thing at a time.
>
> Super thanks!
>
Hi Marc,

I just installed Etch on my laptop as well.  Check out the following
links for inspiration:

http://madwifi.org/wiki/UserDocs/Distro/Debian/ConfiguringtheMadWifidevice
http://madwifi.org/wiki/UsersDocs/Distro/Debian/Madwifi

That was enough to get WPA/PSK (should work with WPA2, as well.  I only
have WPA here as one of my devices doesn't support WPA2)

Hope this helps.

Mitch