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iomartin

Member

Registered: 2013-10-10

Posts: 8

[netctl] Profile does not specify a valid connection

Netctl is failing to connect to my university wireless network (eduroam). A friend was able to connect on his Arch box using the following profile

Description='Eduroam'
Interface=wlp2s0
Connection=wireless
Security=wpa-configsection
IP=dhcp
WPAConfigSection=(
    'ssid="eduroam"'
    'scan_ssid=1'
    'key_mgmt=WPA-EAP'
    'eap=TTLS'
    'group=TKIP'
    'group=CCMP TKIP'
    'anonymous_identity="anonimo@unicamp.br"'
    'identity="000000@unicamp.br"'
    'password="senha"'
    'ca_cert="path_to_certificate"'
    'phase1="peaplable=0"'
    'phase2="auth=PAP"'
)

journalctl -xn, gives the following error:

Mar 10 13:56:30 gamayun network[12969]: Profile 'eduroam' does not specify a valid connection

What's wrong? I'm able to connect on other networks.

Starrsky

Member

Registered: 2014-03-06

Posts: 2

Re: [netctl] Profile does not specify a valid connection

Are you certain your MAC address isn't blacklisted or that there is no MAC filtering for the network?
Also 'ca_cert="path_to_certificate"' is in practice a bogus value or is that censorship on your part?

iomartin

Member

Registered: 2013-10-10

Posts: 8

Re: [netctl] Profile does not specify a valid connection

Are you certain your MAC address isn't blacklisted or that there is no MAC filtering for the network?
Also 'ca_cert="path_to_certificate"' is in practice a bogus value or is that censorship on your part?

I'll contact support to check whether I'm blacklisted, though I doubt it (I was able to connect before moving to arch [and start using netctl]).
As for ca_cert, the path is correct in my configuration