switching on wireless after minimal install: f16

Mikkel L. Ellertson mellertson at gmail.com
Wed Mar 7 23:00:08 UTC 2012


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On 03/07/2012 02:00 PM, Michael Cronenworth wrote:
> Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
>> You can do it using iwconfig. You can also do it by using the
>> network service instead of NetworkManager. You should have both
>> options available with a minimal install.
>
> iwconfig may work for WEP, but what about WPA(2)? The man page says
that passphrases are not supported.
That is what wpa_supplicant is for. wpa_cli may also be useful.

Mikkel
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