Re: Question about how to use opensc from wpa_supplicant

>      Now I want to be able to use the information of the card from
>      wpa_supplicant.  The blog/instructions I'm following add the
>      following
>      to the wpa_supplicant configuration file:-
>          network={
>            ssid="FreeWifi_secure"
>            key_mgmt=WPA-EAP IEEE8021X
>            eap=SIM
>            pin="1234"
>            pcsc=""
>          }
>      Is this really enough to make wpa_supplicant get the information
>      from
>      the card using opensc?  Presumably I'd need to run pcscd but is that
>      all?
>      I realise this is a bit off-topic but I can find very little
>      information about this anywhere else so any help (or pointers to
>      help)
>      would be much appreciated.
> 
>    What is your card?

It's a Virgin Mobile SIM card.  The card reader is a Gemalto IdBridge
K30.

>    You just reported the ATR as "Phone SIM card" using
>    [4]http://smartcard-atr.appspot.com/
>    OpenSC does not support SIM cards.

Well it's what pcsc_scan asked me to do!  :-)


>    I don't know if wpa_supplicant supports EAP-SIM using a SIM card.

It seems that it does, the blog here:-
    https://ohnomoregadgets.wordpress.com/2013/08/28/free-wifi-with-eap-sim-on-a-desktop-computer/
describes how to do it using openct.  However openct is deprecated
(and seems to have bugs now, as per the earlier thread) so I was
hoping to use opensc directly.


>    Maybe it would be simpler to use a "FreeWifi" network with login +
>    password instead of the "FreeWifi_secure" network using EAP-SIM.
>    But you need to have a Freebox to get a "FreeWifi" account.
>    For the non-French readers [5]free.fr is a French Internet Service
>    Provider (ADSL + optical fibre) and since some years also a GSM
>    operator. The ADSL boxes are call freebox and they provide a wifi
>    access for all the Free.fr users using login+password if you have a
>    freebox yourself or EAP-SIM if you have a Free.fr SIM card.

Yes, exactly, and I have a Free.fr SIM card.


-- 
Chris Green

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