Networks Linux wireless authentication help needed (wpa, but with some special settings)

As the topic states, at uni the wireless network is authenticated by wpa, with tkip data encryption. http://www.its.canterbury.ac.nz/web/wireless/winxp.shtml is the link to the windows setup guide, and I was wondering if anyone could tell me how to do the same in linux (I can connect fine under xp, its just a pain having to change os every time I need to use the net (I also use matlab on linux)). Any help would be much appreciated (even if its someone telling me thats its simply not possible)
Thanks
Nick

 

With my lappy running SUSE I find that ndiswrapper (for Windows drivers) with the WPA supplicant connect fine to my network.
A quick google should find a guide, I followed one on Wikipedia and was connected in about 5 mins.

 

wpa_supplicant

It does connection management and wpa supplication. Ideally use something with the native hostap drivers, but lots of other chipsets work (see the page)

 

Ive got it built, and installed, but when i issue the command

Code:

wpa_supplicant -iwlan0 -c/home/Nick/wpa_suplicant.conf -d

I get the following displayed

Code:

Initializing interface 'wlan0' conf '/home/Nick/wpa_suplicant.conf' driver 'default' ctrl_interface 'N/A'
No driver interfaces build into wpa_supplicant.

My .config file is as follows

Code:

CONFIG_DRIVER_NDISWRAPPER=y
CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXTENSION=y
CONFIG_IEEE8021X_EAPOL=y
CONFIG_EAP_MD5=y
CONFIG_EAP_MSCHAPV2=y
CONFIG_EAP_TLS=y
CONFIG_EAP_PEAP=y
CONFIG_EAP_TTLS=y
CONFIG_EAP_GTC=y
CONFIG_EAP_OTP=y
CONFIG_EAP_SIM=y
CONFIG_EAP_AKA=y
CONFIG_EAP_PSK=y
CONFIG_EAP_PAX=y
CONFIG_EAP_LEAP=y

and my wpa_supplicant.conf is as follows

Code:

# WPA-PSK/TKIP

ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant

network={
	ssid="UCwireless"
	key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
	eap=PEAP
	phase2="auth=MSCHAPV2"
	identity="myu.name"
	password="myp.word"
	proto=WPA
	pairwise=TKIP
	group=TKIP

}

Also with the wpa_supplicant.conf, im not sure its setup right for use with my network. Is it possible if someone checks my wpa_config, and compare it to my guide posted in post 1 (for connecting to the network using xp) and tell me any little (or major) bits ive got wrong. Im not sure about the server certificates at all, because it appears the windows way accepts a server certificate from the network, and the linux way requires one.
Note, my wpa_supplicant is in /bin/wpa_supplicant, and im using the bcm4318 wlan chipset, using the ndiswrapper, ser up and working properly.

 

I tought I had replied this morning, but seems not... I don't personally use wpa, but I'll give my 2ct anyways...

It seems to be missing an ctrl_interface.

seems ok...

I found this Dutch site (I speak dutch ) and it gives this as config:

Code:

ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=users
network={
        ssid="UA-aes"
        scan_ssid=1
        key_mgmt=WPA-EAP
        eap=PEAP
        identity="uw-login"
        password="uw-paswoord"
        phase1="peaplabel=0"
        phase2="auth=MSCHAPV2"

HTH

EDIT: found this, it's similar, maybe you can adapt it