Wpa Supplicant Configuration File Template

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Like many other natty users on a university/academic network, I'm experiencing annoying frequent disconnects/hangs/delays. See, for instance.

I would like to learn how to add fast_reauth=0 to the wpa_supplicant.conf file. This file, it seems, does not exist by default, and needs to be manually created first: You will need to make a configuration file, e.g. /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf, with network configuration for the networks you are going to use.

Further, I installed wpa_gui which probably needs to be launched with parameters, else it's pretty blank. What I'm hoping for is this: That creating a wpa_supplicant.conf file with fast_reauth=0 in it, saving it to the relevant path, will work and make my uni wireless (more or even completely) stable. I read mixed reviews about wicd (as an alternative to the network manager).

Also note that on my basic wlan at home (with bog-standard wpa encryption) the connection is stable. I know, obviously, how to create and text-input a file. What I don't know and would like to know is: a) is this still relevant in natty, and b) is this the right thing to do / what steps exactly must I take to test this make-shift solution on my laptop? (I can't tell you how annoying (and time-killing) this is. If this also happened at home. Don't want to think about it. Am even considering to boot xp (this is how desperate I might be at the end of today trying to work from the library.)).

– Jun 8 '11 at 9:31 •. Suddenly, late afternoon, the library is still just as full as it was before, my wireless connection has decided to remain stable for a sustained period (over an hour?). Earlier today, I had to manually reconnect (takes two clicks and about 3.5 seconds) virtually every minute / every time I took a short break to read in a (physical / paper) book & then had to browse again; audio / video streams would last not more than a minute or two and then stall. In essence, there seem to be periods of wlan-stability and other periods of wlan-craziness. Who or what decides the type of period I'm in?

– Jun 8 '11 at 15:42 •. Switching to another driver is very unlikely to solve your problems but as always this is an opinion.

I've had too many people complain at me to make definitive statements. The previous comment about a Fedora setup applies to Ubuntu too. Here is what fi.epitest.hostap.WPASupplicant.service looks like on Fedora: Exec=/usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf -B -u -f /var/log/wpa_supplicant.log -P /var/run/wpa_supplicant.pid The issue is the time it would take to write a good, clear explanation of how to do what you want is large and worse there are no guarantees that this would even fix your problem (worst case scenario is that things are made worse and a half working install is rendered inoperable). Most likely you will get short/difficult or cookie cutter answers because that's all the time someone else could spare.

It's not that you're doing anything wrong - it's that what you are trying to do is only easy for experts. Hopefully someone with more time will help you piece things together. As a technical user I really would like to help but it is clear that this is going to take up quite a bit of time but perhaps I'm just slow:-) My advice to you is set a time limit - say 'I'm going to spend 45 minutes on this problem in total' and if you find yourself taking even a minute more than that please stop! I hate it when I see new Linux users chew up hours of their life on nasty issues:( Good luck! THANKS 'Anon' - your answer is the most (honest and) useful thus far, for me.

With exam preparations on my desk (and no time immediately after either up until fall/autumn), I will put this issue aside (and hope for progressions rather than regressions in future ubuntu updates.). I like ubuntu (& linux) too much to go back to (booting) xp, even though the former ought to be the (more) stable, reliable, dependable one. And in terms of using computers today, internet stability is quite key, don't you agree? But at least on 'simple' (home) wlan's, the connection is stable: sanity preserved.