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Hello.
I have spent some time looking up how to write a netcfg configuration file, and I have to finally stop and admit that I am shooting blindly and do not understand what I am doing. I hope someone will take the time to reply to this.
I have the following configuration file, which is a mix of the file /etc/network.d/wireless-wpa-configsection, and an example file sample available on http://www.it.ubc.ca/internet/wireless/ … Setup.html (scroll to the bottom to see). As the website states, the following may not apply to the ArchLinux distribution. I do not know enough to know what to change, however.
CONNECTION='wireless'
DESCRIPTION='Network configuration for UBC Secure'
INTERFACE=wlan0
SECURITY='wpa-configsection'
ESSID='ubcsecure'
IP='dhcp'
CONFIGSECTION='
ssid="ubcsecure"
scan_ssid=1
key_mgmt=WPA-EAP
proto=WPA2 WPA
eap=PEAP
group=CCMP TKIP
pairwise=CCMP TKIP
ca_cert="/etc/ssl/certs/Thawte_Premium_Server_CA.pem"
identity="username"
password="password"
phase1="peaplabel=0"
phase2="auth=MSCHAPV2"
priority=10'
EDIT:
I added the lines TIMEOUT=120, DHCP_TIMEOUT=60, and PRE_UP=' iwconfig $INTERFACE essid $ESSID' to the pre-configsection section. The relevant output from "dmesg", which I am reading may be relevant, is:
iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: ACTIVATE a non DRIVER active station id 0 addr 00:21:04:30:f2:00
wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:21:04:30:f2:00 by local choice (reason=3)
cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
wlan0: direct probe to 00:1e:f7:eb:16:c3 (try 1)
wlan0: direct probe to 00:1e:f7:eb:16:c3 (try 2)
wlan0: direct probe to 00:1e:f7:eb:16:c3 (try 3)
wlan0: direct probe to 00:1e:f7:eb:16:c3 timed out
wlan0: direct probe to 00:1e:f7:eb:16:c3 (try 1)
wlan0: direct probe to 00:1e:f7:eb:16:c3 (try 2)
wlan0: direct probe to 00:1e:f7:eb:16:c3 (try 3)
wlan0: direct probe to 00:1e:f7:eb:16:c3 timed out
Last edited by dillesca (2010-11-25 23:00:52)
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I humbly state that I have "figured it out", in the sense that I read through the /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf file and used the information there to arrive at the following simplified /etc/network.d/ubcsecure configuration:
CONNECTION='wireless'
DESCRIPTION='Network configuration for UBC Secure'
INTERFACE=wlan0
SECURITY='wpa-configsection'
ESSID='ubcsecure'
IP='dhcp'
CONFIGSECTION='
ssid="ubcsecure"
key_mgmt=WPA-EAP
eap=PEAP
ca_cert="/etc/ssl/certs/Thawte_Premium_Server_CA.pem"
identity="myname"
password="password"
phase1="peaplabel=0"
phase2="auth=MSCHAPV2"'
I leave this here for any UBC students who make the switch to ArchLinux (which I strongly recommend) and would like to know how to connect to the university wifi network.
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Last edited by dillesca (2010-11-25 23:02:27)
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