Wpa_passphrase trouble (both parts SOLVED)

Question

wpa_passphrase won't generate a key if the ESSID has a space in the name.
For example:
wpa_passphrase Namewith Aspace "secretpassphrase" > /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
It outputs into the file:
Passphrase must be 8..63 characters
I don't have access to change the router's name.
Do I need to insert a special character between the two words or do something else instead?
Last edited by market (2010-09-02 21:46:08)

Answer 1

Thanks, that worked and will be useful in other terminal problems I've had.
But now I have a new problem when I try to connect.
After I added the settings required for WPA2, I used the following command:
iwconfig wlan0
The ESSID was there but the Access Point was not associated.
And when I tried connecting with:
dhcpcd wlan0
My results are:
dhcpcd: wlan0: waiting for carrier
dhcpcd: wlan0: carrier acquired
dhcpcd: wlan0: carrier lost
dhcpcd: wlan0: waiting for carrier
dhcpcd: wlan0: carrier acquired
dhcpcd: wlan0: carrier lost
It repeats until it times out.
I've been able to connect to the router when there used to be no encryption on my earlier installs so I think my /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf settings are wrong.
network={
ssid="thessid"
proto=RSN
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
pairwise=CCMP TKIP
group=CCMP TKIP
#psk="thepassword"
psk=generatedkey
I also tried waiting for the association to happen before using the dhcpcd command but it never does.
Last edited by market (2010-09-02 19:48:01)