WirelessAssistant and WPA networks issue

[thedp]

When I try to connect using WirelessAssistant to my own network which is protected by WPA I need to go through a weird ritual.

1. Open the application.
2. Click the network, and go through the wizard steps.
3. Select DHCP.
4. Enter the WPA key and select the ASCII checkbox.
5. Now the applications attempts to connect the network... And Fails!
6. Try it again and again and again and AGAIN... and it still fails.
7. Try one more time, but this time Close the application while it attempts to connect the network... This time a pop-up will appear in the right side of the taskbar saying that the connection has been established. And it actually works.

I've never used this application before BackTrack, but I don't think this is how it suppose to work.

P.S: And it's not the DHCP timeout.

[G_Dub]

connecting to your ap via command line is probably your best option. this thread by xatar post number 2 has detailed instructions.

[thedp]

Thanks, but I know how to do this, I'm just reporting a issue.
Also, since I'm working with a liveCD, I need to configure wpa_supplicant after every restart.

[.lonewolf]

Don't use Wireless assistant!!!

How can I best say this?

It sucks!!!

[thedp]

I know it sucks!
But it still has a bug.

[.lonewolf]

Yes it sucks because it is very buggy.

Nothing is perfect but some things are more perfect than others.

That's why I say use command line. Because no-ones going to fix Wireless assistant.

Everyone knows it sucks.

[thedp]

Oh well...

[.lonewolf]

Oh well...

I realized that when I reported an issue regarding kde hanging while trying to add a user via the Gui.

One of the beautys of command line... is if anything hangs or starts acting up, you can just hit Ctrl+c or close the terminal and start over within a couple seconds.

Most of the security tools in Backtrack uses CLI. Even though you get GUI's for the tools in some cases.

[rshift]

Don't use Wireless Assistant just do it through the command line. Use wpa_passphrase <ssid> <passphrase> to generate a key and then setup your wpa_supplicant.conf file to use that newly generated key. Run 'wpa_supplicant -D <driver> -i <interface> -c <config file> &' and then 'dhcpcd -t 60 <interface> &' and you're all set. It'll setup your IP address and everything. Anything else just post back.