Networking :: basic WPA help please

Hi all.

I'm hoping for a bit of help setting up WPA. I have wireless working without encryption, but I wouldn't class myself much beyond a Linux / DSL beginner.

DSL3.3, Using a Netgear WG511T atheros chipset so it is automatically recognised by DSL.

Without WPA, I switch on and type :

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sudo ifconfig ath0 up
sudo wlcardconfig
sudo pump -i ath0

(I enter my wireless config when the gui pops up, line2, but all I enter is the ESSID for ath0 (SSIDFORDSL) and the encryption key for ath0 (pskfordsl), I leave the rest blank )

Having searched the forum for WPA, I have picked up bits and pieces but can't put them all together. Do I ... ?

Create a txt file /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf which contains only :

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network={
ssid=my_essid_here
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
pairwise=TKIP
psk=my_wpa_password_here
}

and then as root type some sudo commands ?

Is the wpa_supplicant.conf file above correct ?
What do I type as root, I'm thinking ...

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sudo ifconfig ath0 up
sudo wlcardconfig
sudo iwlist ath0 scan
sudo wpa_supplicant -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -iath0 -d
sudo pump -i ath0

Any corrections appreciated, as I am piecing together a jigsaw without actually understanding it.
Is there anything else that I need to do ?

Thanks.

Forum search: i.e. http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin....t=17885
I suppose you could try taking off the ndiswrapper flag part

Yep, I'm trying to piece it together from forum posts.

EDIT : I forgot the "" for my SSID and psk in the .conf file so I got alot of LINE errors. Fixed that ...now

Trying the code in my first post I get the following response from sudo wpa_supplicant -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -iath0 -d

I just get the same thing scrolling down the terminal window with pauses. It appears to be trying to connect, but not able to for whatever reason, and going round in circles, trying the same thing every few seconds (I can see 'setting authentication timeout : 5 sec 0 usec' and Authentiaction with 00:00:00:00:00:00 timed out)

How can I pause the terminal screen or exit out of the routine so that I can read it ? I think it is not authenticating, something is wrong. The psk is just the WPA passphrase in the router, isn't it ?

Here is a photo of the routine that just repeats in the terminal window (I think the start of the routine is actually half way down the 2nd photo, but it just keeps repeating ) :
AS you can see there are 2 wifi networks available and it correctly tries to associate with the correct one (SSIDFORDSL)

It would appear that the prism2 driver does not support that operation: "ioctl[PRISM2_IOCTL_HOSTAPD]: Operation not supported"

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