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[[!meta title="How to connect Webconverger wirelessly to your access point"]]

Wireless

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Note only the subscribed "install version" of Webconverger can persistently keep your wireless configuration between reboots.

Wireless setup works by directly mapping wpa [[boot]] configuration names onto wpasupplicant for Debian.

Example 0, essid 'home' with no security

Simply appending wpa-ssid=home wpa-key-mgmt=NONE to your [[boot]] command line should set your machine up for these wireless settings.

Example 1, hidden essid 'home', no/disabled security

Appending wpa-ssid=home wpa-key-mgmt=NONE wpa-ap-scan=1 wpa-scan-ssid=1 will create the following configuration in /etc/network/interfaces.

iface wlan0 inet dhcp
	   pre-up iptables-restore < /etc/iptables.conf
	   wpa-driver wext
	   wpa-ssid home
	   wpa-key-mgmt NONE
	   wpa-ap-scan 1
	   wpa-scan-ssid 1

WARNING: Hidden essids are trivially detected with tools like Wifi Analyzer. Setup your Access Point to use WPA please.

Example 2, broadcasting essid 'home', with WEP HEX key BBE54998315E7E1616B8462B45

Append wpa-ssid=home wpa-key-mgmt=NONE wpa-wep-key0=BBE54998315E7E1616B8462B45

WARNING: WEP is deprecated and insecure technology. Please use WPA instead.

Example 3, broadcasting essid 'home', with WPA key uiopzxcv

Append wpa-ssid=home wpa-psk=uiopzxcv

Example 4 "Spaces in the ESSID", broadcasting essid 'Hopstock Gjestenett', with WPA key uiopzxcv

Please avoid spaces in ESSIDs. In this case we workaround with a encodeURI('Hopstock Gjestenett'), to get the following [[boot]] recipe:

wpa-ssid=Hopstock%20Gjestenett wpa-psk=uiopzxcv

Wireless router (recommended)

http://routerboard.com/RBmAP2n