use of wpa_supplicant

 1)      download source code from http://hostap.epitest.fi/hostapd/

2)      cd hostapc/wpa_supplicant

3)      make

4)      create configurations files xxx.conf (reference to wpa_supplicant.conf)

e.g

ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant

network={

       ssid="example"

       proto=WPA

       key_mgmt=WPA-PSK

       pairwise=CCMP TKIP

       group=CCMP TKIP WEP104 WEP40

       psk=06b4be19da289f475aa46a33cb793029d4ab3db7a23ee92382eb0106c72ac7bb

       priority=2

}

5)      ./wpa_supplicant -B –D wext  -i wlan0  -c  xxx.conf

./wpa_supplicant –Dnl80211 –i wlan0 -c xxx.conf -dd