Handbook - Update for 9.0 Wireless configuration with WPA2

Warren Block wblock at wonkity.com
Thu Jan 19 15:53:35 UTC 2012


On Thu, 19 Jan 2012, Shirk Dog wrote:

>
> Section 32.3 Wireless Networking.
> 32.3.3.1.3.1 WPA-PSKThe first step is the configuration of the /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf file with the SSID and the pre-shared key
> of your network:
>
> network={
>  ssid="freebsdap"
>  psk="freebsdmall"
> }
> ------------------------------------------
>
>
> I use WPA2 with AES on my access point. In order to get my laptop to connect to the access point I needed to add options for the key management to /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
>
> network={
> ssid="freebsdap"
> psk="freebsdmall"
> scan_ssid=1

This should not be needed unless a "hidden" SSID is used.



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