Re: WVU Wireless!

Good job Craig.

Any objections to me formatting this and throwing it up on the  
Library's FAQ page and sharing the information with OIT?

Mike.
[email protected]


On Dec 2, 2005, at 2:11 PM, [email protected] wrote:

> I've just successfully authenticated to the WVU wireless network  
> and was
> able to dhclient for an IP address.  Everything seems to be working  
> well.
>
> Notes:
>
> I used WPA_Supplicant to manage the connection. (Available as
> wpasupplicant in the debian/ubuntu repositories)
>
> I set my /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf file as follows:
>
>
> ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
> ap_scan=2
>
> network={
>         ssid="secure.wvu"
>         key_mgmt=IEEE8021X
>         eap=PEAP
>         phase2="auth=MSCHAPV2"
>         identity="youridhere"
>         password="yourpwhere"
>
> }
>
> The ap_scan=2 line may or may not be required for your wireless card.
>
> If you have the ipw2200 (Centrino) wireless card, follow the  
> instructions
> at http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=26623 to update
> firmware/drivers.
>
> Also, if you have the ipw2200, there is a bug that requires that you
> reload your module with "modprobe ipw2200 hwcrypt=0"  (This was my  
> problem
> for a long time)
>
> Once configured, run the following command:
> sudo wpa_supplicant -B -i eth1 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf  -D ipw
>
> (change ipw to your driver, -B (optional) forks to background, add - 
> dd for
> debug output)
>
> After you start the supplicant, it will search for and connect to an
> available AP, then you should be able to dhclient.
>
> If you don't want to put your username and password into your  
> config file,
> you can omit it and use the "wpa_cli" frontend to feed that  
> information to
> the supplicant, as well as check the status of your network.
>
> For permanent use, you'll want to add a  
> "ca_cert="PATH_TO_CA_ROOT_CERT""
> line to the network config to verify the network cert. (I like to  
> live on
> the edge)
>
> A "ctrl_interface_group=0" line can be added above the network  
> definition
> in the config file to allow non-root users to run "wpa_cli".
>
> If you have any questions, let me know...I may be able to help.
>
> Craig
>
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