wpa and wpa2-psk

zakkotron has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

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Re: wpa and wpa2-psk by philipbailey (Curate) on Jun 29, 2011 at 19:38 UTC
You haven't given us much to go on. You might like to consider the following steps: Figure out what operating system you are using. Manually perform the steps to connect to your wireless network. Perform some searches into code available. I found 2 modules on CPAN with a search on "WPA", for example. Convert those steps into a script. Come back should you have specific problems to solve. Sane operating systems tend to come with scripts suitable to connect to networks, needing only some editing of a configuration file. I suspect Windows would be harder to script, but maybe some work with Win32::OLE or indeed PowerShell might do the trick. Also look at How (Not) To Ask A Question.	[reply]
Re^2: wpa and wpa2-psk by zakkotron (Initiate) on Jun 30, 2011 at 16:36 UTC
thanks for the answer but tell me what can i do in linux(ubuntu) not windows	[reply]
Re: wpa and wpa2-psk by zentara (Cardinal) on Jun 30, 2011 at 14:38 UTC
You might want to look at using wpa-supplicant , then decide if you really need a Perl script. I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. Old Perl Programmer Haiku ................... flash japh	[reply]
Re^2: wpa and wpa2-psk by zakkotron (Initiate) on Jun 30, 2011 at 16:32 UTC
wpa-supplicant wont work because it cant configure in mixed mode ie it can setup wpa or wpa2-psk individually. i had already checked this but thanks for the help	[reply]
Re^3: wpa and wpa2-psk by zentara (Cardinal) on Jun 30, 2011 at 19:17 UTC
After googling for ubuntu mixed mode wireless it seems there may be a bug, involving the kernel wireless drivers not being able to handle mixed mode. I don't think Perl can overcome incomplete drivers. I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. Old Perl Programmer Haiku ................... flash japh	[reply]