wpa-supplicant: wpa-supplicant - A WPA Supplicant Tool wpa-supplicant: wpa-supplicant: wpa_supplicant is a WPA Supplicant for Linux, BSD, Mac OS X, and wpa-supplicant: Windows with support for WPA and WPA2 (IEEE 802.11i / RSN). It is wpa-supplicant: suitable for both desktop/laptop computers and embedded systems. wpa-supplicant: Supplicant is the IEEE 802.1X/WPA component that is used in the client wpa-supplicant: stations. It implements key negotiation with a WPA Authenticator and wpa-supplicant: it controls the roaming and IEEE 802.11 authentication/association of wpa-supplicant: the wlan driver. wpa-supplicant: wpa-supplicant: