Setting up WPA encryption on Arch Linux
Setup wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=wheel
network={
ssid="mynetwork"
#psk="secret passphrase"
psk=079d2fae6076188a16502cb87dbe30ad893549ca52c0a837c02bb272bfdccb5f
}
Creating an init script
#!/bin/bash WPA_IF='wlan0' WPA_ESSID='none' WPA_IFCFG='' . /etc/rc.conf . /etc/rc.d/functions case "$1" in start) if ! ck_daemon network-wpa; then echo "WPA Network is already running. Try 'network restart'" exit fi stat_busy "Starting WPA Network" # setup wireless interface if ! /usr/sbin/iwconfig $WPA_IF essid "$WPA_ESSID" mode Managed; then stat_fail exit fi # wait for associacion /bin/sleep 10 # run wpa_supplicant if ! /usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant -B -Dwext -i $WPA_IF -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf; then stat_fail exit fi # bring up interface if [ -z "$WPA_IFCFG" ]; then if ! /sbin/dhcpcd $WPA_IF; then stat_fail exit fi else if ! /sbin/ifconfig $WPA_IF $WPA_IFCFG; then stat_fail exit fi fi add_daemon network-wpa stat_done ;; stop) stat_busy "Stopping WPA Network" killall wpa_supplicant /bin/sleep 1 ifconfig $WPA_IF down rm_daemon network-wpa stat_done ;; restart) $0 stop /bin/sleep 2 $0 start ;; hotplug_ifup|ifup|ifdown|iflist|rtup|rtdown|rtlist) $1 $2 ;; *) echo "usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}" echo " $0 {ifup|ifdown|iflist|rtup|rtdown|rtlist}" esac
Setup rc.conf
# configure WPA encryption for wireless network WPA_IF="ath0" WPA_ESSID="mynetwork" WPA_IFCFG="192.168.1.15 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255" # Routes to start at boot-up (in this order) # Declare each route then list in ROUTES # - prefix an entry in ROUTES with a ! to disable it # gateway="default gw 192.168.1.1" ROUTES=(gateway) DAEMONS=(syslog-ng hal fam network-wpa network netfs ...)