Can i use wpa-supplicant to secure ad hoc wireless network?

Jouni Malinen jkmaline
Wed Jun 9 22:36:01 PDT 2004


On Wed, Jun 09, 2004 at 01:40:24PM +0000, ?? ?? wrote:

>   I wonder can wpa-supplicant aid node in adhoc wireless network 
> authenticate each other
> without the help of AP or server?

No, IBSS (adhoc) is not supported in the current version of
wpa_supplicant. IEEE 802.11i includes WPA support, but I'm not aware of
any implementation of this..

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Jouni Malinen                                            PGP id EFC895FA




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