Gentoo: using ndiswrapper, wpa_supplicant These are the config options that will allow you to use WPA with most any wireless device that supports it via wpa_supplicant on gentoo linux. File /etc/conf.d/net modules=("wpa_supplicant") iwconfig_wlan0="mode managed" wpa_supplicant_wlan0="-Dwext" routes_wlan0=('default via 192.168.0.1') config_wlan0=('192.168.0.20/24') File /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf network={ key_mgmt=WPA-PSK ssid="myessid" scan_ssid=1 psk="passwordhere" }