Connecting to WPA2-PSK Network - Help Please

[mrcanz]

Hi there!

I am having trouble connecting to my network when I enable WPA2-PSK. My configuration is as follows.

I have a D-Link DWA-552 Wireless NIC in my computer.

I have installed BT4 to my hard drive.

I configured my /etc/network/interfaces as follows:

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet static
address 192.168.28.115
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 192.168.28.0
broadcast 192.168.28.255
gateway 192.168.28.1
wireless-essid *****
pre-up wpa_supplicant -Bw -Dwext -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
post-down killall -q wpa_supplicant

I have configured my wpa_supplicant.conf as follows:

ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=root
network={
ssid="*****"
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
psk="********"
}

When I run /etc/init.d/networking start everything starts without errors and says done.

When I run iwconfig I get the following:

lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

eth1 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"*****"
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=20dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr: off Fragment thr: off
Encryption key: off
Power Management: off

The loopback IP works fine but I cannot ping anything including my router.

I can't wire my computer directly to my router as I do not have access to it.

I am new to BT but am somewhat familiar with Linux. I would appreciate any and all help.

Thanks

[m0j4h3d]

why don't you try wicd to connect automatically and more easy way
type in console wicd
then go to the menu > internet > wicd
click search and choose your router, also choose properties to configure the security and connect to it

[TAPE]

First of all check out ;

http://linux.die.net/man/5/wpa_supplicant.conf

Then have a look at an example wpa_supplicant.conf that may be used to
connect to a network ;

 
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=0
ap_scan=1

network={
scan_ssid=1
ssid="********"
proto=RSN
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
pairwise=TKIP CCMP
group=TKIP
psk="************"
}

Let us know what works for you so this post is of value to others.

When starting the wpa_supplicant, I use the following ;

 
wpa_supplicant -i wlan0 -c /location/of/wpa_supplicant.conf

You could also include the -B switch to keep the konsole 'free' afterwards ;

 
wpa_supplicant -i wlan0 -c /location/of/wpa_supplicant.conf -B

And of course then to get an IP, either in a seperate console or in the same one if you use the -B switch before ;

dhclient wlan0