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!!! WPA
To use the more secure [WPA] encryption rather than WEP, install the
-__
wpasupplicant__
package. This provides a program that encrypts data sent to your wireless card. Unfortunately it can be difficult to set up, partly because it uses a lot of acronyms that you need to understand, and partly because of incompatibilities between wireless equipment.
+[
wpasupplicant|http://hostap.epitest.fi/wpa
_supplicant/]
package. This provides a program that encrypts data sent to your wireless card. Unfortunately it can be difficult to set up, partly because it uses a lot of acronyms that you need to understand, and partly because of incompatibilities between wireless equipment. There is a good mailing list accessible from the previous wpasupplicant link which is very helpful
.
WPA-PSK means use a __P__re-__S__hared __K__ey - ie both the AccessPoint
and the client know a shared secret.