How to use wpa_supplicant for WPA

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How to use wpa_supplicant for WPA_Enterprise networks

To use wpa_supplicant for WPA_Enterprise networks you need to make your own config file.

I made this on my new Asus EeePC 901

Create a wpa_supplicant.conf file, and type in your variant of the following information

ctrl_interface=/var/tmp/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=0
eapol_version=1

#Sets AP sellection to be handled by wpa_supplicant or the driver.
# 0=driver 1=wpa_supplicant
ap_scan=1

#Begin Network Config
network={
              ssid="<your_uni_network>"
              scan_ssid=1
              proto=WPA
              key_mgmt=WPA-EAP
              pairwise=TKIP
              eap=PEAP
              phase1="peaplabel=0"
              phase2="auth=MSCHAPV2"
              identity="<yourusername>"
              password="<yourpassword>"
}

Now to start the network connection I do the following.

sudo wpa_supplicant -Dwext -ira0 -c/home/user/configFile.conf

I start wpa_supplicant this way, since I to lazy to anymore :) But I might get tired of this, and make the rest of the setup. Else search the forums for other guides. Since some do it all the way :)