wpa_supplicant wireless management tools

1、download the latest packet from the official website.

http://w1.fi/wpa_supplicant/

Latest release:wpa_supplicant-2.4.tar.gz (source code for all versions)

2.build the gui client.

cd /home/shell.albert/temporary/wpa_supplicant-2.4/wpa_supplicant/wpa_gui-qt4

qmake

make

the application wpa_gui binary will generate.

3.run the wpa_supplicant daemon server.

vim mywpa.conf

ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant  (here is very important,this is a local socket,the client gui communicates with daemon server will through this socket interface.).

root#wpa_supplicant -iwlp50 -c mywpa.conf

4.run the client gui

root#wpa_gui

by zhangshaoyan at May 19,2015.

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