On Dell Inspiron 14R .. with CentOS 5.6
[root@localhost ~]# dmesg|grep Wireless
eth1: Broadcom BCM4727 802.11 Hybrid Wireless Controller 5.100.82.38
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[root@localhost ~]# dmesg|grep Wireless
eth1: Broadcom BCM4727 802.11 Hybrid Wireless Controller 5.100.82.38
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lspci output
09:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01) |
lspci output
09:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01)
09:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01)
Subsystem: Dell Device 0012
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 185
Memory at f7d00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [58] Vendor Specific Information: Len=78 <?>
Capabilities: [48] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [d0] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
Capabilities: [13c] Virtual Channel
Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 00-00-78-ff-ff-8e-cc-af
Capabilities: [16c] Power Budgeting <?>
Kernel driver in use: wl
Kernel modules: wl
[root@localhost ~]# |
09:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01)
Subsystem: Dell Device 0012
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 185
Memory at f7d00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [58] Vendor Specific Information: Len=78 <?>
Capabilities: [48] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [d0] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
Capabilities: [13c] Virtual Channel
Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 00-00-78-ff-ff-8e-cc-af
Capabilities: [16c] Power Budgeting <?>
Kernel driver in use: wl
Kernel modules: wl
[root@localhost ~]#
edit the /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
[root@localhost ~]# cat /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=wheel
network={
ssid="namran.com"
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
proto=WPA
pairwise=TKIP
group=TKIP
psk="secrethere"
} |
[root@localhost ~]# cat /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=wheel
network={
ssid="namran.com"
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
proto=WPA
pairwise=TKIP
group=TKIP
psk="secrethere"
}
then run the folllowing
assume if your wireless device is bind to eth1
wpa_supplicant -B -dd -i eth1 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf |
wpa_supplicant -B -dd -i eth1 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

then just DHCP client :
or
it shall then request for IP address and all.
