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yotama9

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Registered: 2010-10-06

Posts: 70

Can't connect to the university network (netcfg) + dhcpcd doesn't load

Hi.

1. I can't connect to the campus network in the university. I'm using netcfg to connect but the connection fails.

The university website (I would have post a link but the tutorial is in Hebrew) states the following for android smartphone (which I think should be similar):
EAP method: PEAP
PHASE 2: MSCHAPV2
CA: none
user confirm: none
identity: bgu-users\<username>
anonymous: bgu-users\<username>
password:<password>

How do I achieve that in netcfg? I tried the examples files but they didn't work. How do I handle this then?

2. I have added the dhcpcd daemon to rc.conf:

DAEMONS=(hwclock syslog-ng network netfs crond dbus dhcpcd cupsd sensors sshd laptop-mode)

However, I still need to load it when I start the machine.

How can I load it then?

Thanks

tomk

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From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: Can't connect to the university network (netcfg) + dhcpcd doesn't load

Have a look at the wpa_supplicant.conf man page and try to figure out the appropriate configuration for your network. Create a netcfg profile based on the wireless-wpa-configsection template, and put your chosen configuration in it.

d4ft

Member

Registered: 2010-12-20

Posts: 9

Re: Can't connect to the university network (netcfg) + dhcpcd doesn't load

You'll most probably need these in your config section. Do find out more about your uni's wireless network and fill in the corresponding fields.

CONFIGSECTION='
        ssid=
        proto=WPA
        key_mgmt=WPA-EAP
        pairwise= 
        group= 
        identity= (most probably your username)
        password=
        scan_ssid=1 (if your network is hidden)
        ca_cert=""
        phase1=""
        phase2="auth=MSCHAPV2"

                '