> ok, I got it working without encryption. Here is what I did I configured > my kernel according to these webpages... > > http://madwifi.org/wiki/Requirements > and > http://madwifi.org/wiki/UserDocs/KernelConfig > > ...then I configured my system as follows... > > 1)Add madwifi to USE flags > 2)emerge wpa_supplicant > 3)emerge madwifi-ng and madwifi-ng-tools > 4)cp net.eth0 net.ath0 > 5)rc-update add net.ath0 default > 6)nano /etc/modprobe.d/ath_pci and add the following... > options ath_pci autocreate=ap > 7)add the following to /etc/conf.d/local.start
OOPS: I added it to local.stop > ifconfig ath0 down > wlanconfig ath0 destroy > wlanconfig ath0 create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode ap > > 8)nano /etc/conf.d/net and add > mode_ath0="Master" > essid_ath0="CarsonNet" > config_ath0=( "192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255" > ) > wpa_supplicant_ath0="-Dmadwifi" > > Then I configured dhcpd and bind which I won't get into and it all worked. > I now have a wireless access point with Gentoo! > > So my question now is, how do I enable WPA encryption? > > -- > gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list > > -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
