WPA Manual Setting

If you are having trouble connecting to an specific access point, you may want to try connecting manually. Once this procedure is successful, you will not have to do it again as the settings will be remembered when you reboot.

1. Open a virtual terminal: hold down Alt, Ctrl, and Neighborhood Mesh (3rd key from the left on the top row)
2. Type 'root' for the login
3. Type

 # killall NetworkManager
 # if [ -e /etc/wpa_suplicant/wpa_suplicant.conf ]; then
 > rm /etc/wpa_suplicant/wpa_suplicant.conf'
 > fi
 # wpa_passphrase <ssid> <passphrase> > /etc/wpa_suplicant/wpa_suplicant.conf
 # wpa_supplicant -ieth0 -Dwext -c/etc/wpa_suplicant/wpa_suplicant.conf
 # dhclient eth0

1. Then type 'reboot' to re-start the laptop.

When the laptop boots up it will try your new settings automatically. You may need to use a hex key rather than a password or passphrase. You can use this website to convert from a password to a hex key: Hex Converter