wpa_supplicant

Wi-Fi Protected Access client and IEEE 802.1X supplicant

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wpa_supplicant -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -dOnce the configuration is ready, you can test whether the configuration works by running wpa_supplicant with following command to start it on foreground with debugging enabled:

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wpa_supplicant -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -BAssuming everything goes fine, you can start using following command to start wpa_supplicant on background without debugging:

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sudo wpa_supplicant -ieth0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -Dmadwifi -w

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if [ "$WPA" = "y" -a -x /usr/local/bin/wpa_supplicant ]; then

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/usr/local/bin/wpa_supplicant -B -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -i$DEVICE

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wpa_supplicant -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -B

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wpa_supplicant -c wpa1.conf -i wlan0 -D hostap -N -c wpa2.conf -i ath0 -D madwifiwpa_supplicant can control multiple interfaces (radios) either by running one process for each interface separately or by running just one process and list of options at command line. Each interface is separated with -N argument. As an example, following command would start wpa_supplicant for two interfaces:

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wpa_supplicant -Bw -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -iwlan0This makes the process fork into background and wait for the wlan0 interface if it is not available at startup time.

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wpa_supplicant -ieth1 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf -B -Dwext -ddRun wpa_supplicant on interface eth1 using the wext driver, with verbose logging

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wpa_supplicant -d -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -iath0 -DmadwifiRun wpa_supplicant with debuing info on interface ath0 using a madwifi driver, try -dd for more verbose info, or -B to run in daemon mode.

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wpa_supplicant -Bw -iath1 -Dmadwifi -c/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.confRun wpa_supplicant in background, -w will wait for interface to be added, if needed, using interface ath1 and madwifi driver.

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wpa_supplicant -c /etc/wpa/wpa.conf -D wext -dd -i eth1 -B -c Read the configuration file from. -D The driver to use -dd Very debugging verbose messages -i Wireless interface. -B Run as deamon

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sudo wpa_supplicant -iath0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -Dmadwifi -wTest wpa_supplicant, assuming ath0 as interface and madwifi as the driver, try wpa_supplicant -h to see other possible drivers

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wpa_supplicant -B -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -iwlan0

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wpa_supplicant -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -iwlan0 -d

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wpa_supplicant -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -d

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wpa_supplicant -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -iwlan0 -dThe easiest way to debug problems, and to get debug log for bug reports, is to start wpa_supplicant on foreground with debugging enabled:

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wpa_supplicant -d -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -ieth1 -DwextRun wpa_supplicant with debugging info, for more verbose try -dd, or -B to run in background

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