EeePC WPA Fix

Updated April 1, 2008 @ 4:02 am

I’ve noticed many people are having problems with EeePC WPA. The first is simple fix that will hopefully get into the next version of the Xandros-based OS for those that have spaces and other characters in their wpa passkey (psk):

On line 50 of /usb/sbin/xandros-wpa-config add double quotes around:

PSKOUT=`/usr/sbin/wpa_passphrase "$ESSID" $WPA_KEY`

becomes:

PSKOUT=`/usr/sbin/wpa_passphrase "$ESSID" "$WPA_KEY"`

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6 Comments »

  1. You could also install a real linux distro, one with a community and that is Free Software.

    Comment by Hub — April 1, 2008 @ 8:52 am

  2. Like Hub said, a better distro solves the problem. I’m running eeeXubuntu happily. I’ve also heard of eeedora, but have no experience.

    Comment by Derek Buranen — April 1, 2008 @ 11:45 am

  3. Good point all…I can’t diverge from the distro for undisclosed reason ;)

    Comment by jon — April 1, 2008 @ 9:34 pm

  4. [...] E, se você tem um Eee PC e tem problemas com o WPA, olhe a solução do seu problema aqui. [...]

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  5. Apparently there are other problems with the eeePC WPA, not just the missing quotes. The following page helped in my case:
    http://wiki.eeeuser.com/wpa_default_xandros

    Comment by StefanMuc — April 28, 2008 @ 3:31 pm

  6. umm, ok, so im a hardcore noob at computer stuff and whatnot, but id like to start, so i kind of have to teach myself, but i sort of need a connection, yes? yes,, so maybe if you could, could someone email me some really detailed step by step instructions on how to fix this? aseasily as you can, please, idappreciate it. Thanks!

    email: murdockt@yahoo.com

    Comment by Michael — June 14, 2008 @ 7:13 pm

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