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From: unruh on 18 Jan 2010 13:30
On 2010-01-18, p_a <phpete48(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jan 17, 6:09?am, samhas <sahaselho...(a)googlemail.com> wrote:
>> I think it depends on your network environment.
>>
>> The wpa_supplicant.conf usually has some network sections setting
>> parameters for your network.
>>
>> A sample section for WPA with psk is e.g.:
>> ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
>> network={
>> ssid="your ssid"
>> scan_ssid=1
>> key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
>> psk="your psk"
>>
>> }
>>
>> for more compilicated settings you could read the wpa_supplicant.conf
>> manpage. There are many examples covering the typical network setting.
>>
>> Your can start wpa_supplicant manually by wpa_supplicant -c path-to-
>> config-file -i interface -D driver (-D wext should work in most
>> cases),
>> or use some user interface like wpa_cli or networkmanager in kde/
>> gnome. I have no experience with the latter :)
>>
>> hth, samhas
>
> I check my process table and found wpa_supplicant running. How can I
> make sure
> this application is doing what it is supposed to?

It is supposed to connect your wireless modem to the Access point,
providing the authentication and the encryption. The access point will
only accept a connection if WPA is running. Thus if you are connected it
is doing what it should.
If you are worried that the coder screwed up and introduced bugs, yo
uhave the source code. Study and determine if it does what it should.

>
> matias
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