Tips and Tricks:NetBSD :: WPA Supplicant configuration

This is just a sample configuration for wpa_supplicant.
You can download it to /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf and ajust to your needs!

enjoy! :)

# This is an example file.

# WPA Supplicant stuff
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=wheel

# Network configurations
# network={
#    ssid="AP_NAME"
#
#    # a higher value means a network is more desirable.
#    # By default networks have priority 0.
#    priority=10
#
#    # Technique 0 scans for the
#    # SSID using a broadcast Probe Request frame while 1 uses a
#    # directed Probe Request frame.  Access points that cloak them-
#    # selves by not broadcasting their SSID require technique 1, but
#    # beware that this scheme can cause scanning to take longer to complete
#    scan_ssid=0
#
#    # WPA-PSK (WPA pre-shared key), WPA-EAP (WPA using EAP authentication)
#    # IEEE8021X (IEEE 802.1x using EAP authentication and,
#    # optionally, dynamically generated WEP keys), NONE (plaintext or
#    # static WEP keys).
#    # If not set this defaults to "WPA-PSK WPA-EAP".
#    key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
#
#    psk="network_password"
#
#}

#network={
#    ssid="MYUNPROTECTEDWLAN"
#    scan_ssid=1
#    key_mgmt=NONE
#    priority=100
#}

#network={
#    ssid="MYWEAKLYENCRYPTEDWLAN"
#    key_mgmt=NONE
#    wep_key0="12345"  # or 13 characters, or a hexkey starting with 0x
#    wep_tx_keyidx=0
#}


# home network; allow all valid ciphers
network={
    ssid="home_AP"
    priority=100
    scan_ssid=1
    key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
    psk="123456789"
}

## work network;
#network={
#    ssid="library_AP"
#    priority=1
#    scan_ssid=1
#    key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
#    psk="123456789"
#}

## work network;
#network={
#    ssid="board_ap"
#    priority=2
#    scan_ssid=1
#    key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
#    psk="123456789"
#}
#