[solved] trouble with netcfg (using peap)

silly · 2012-10-15 08:04:05

on the manual for the network it reads this:

network={
ssid="eduroam"
scan_ssid=1
key_mgmt=WPA-EAP
eap=PEAP
identity="username"
password="pass"
phase1="peaplabel=0"
phase2="auth=MSCHAPV2"
}
#: wpa_supplicant -i ath0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

my config in /etc/network.d/wlan0-eduroam looks like this:

CONNECTION='wireless'
#DESCRIPTION='Automatically generated profile by wifi-menu'
INTERFACE='wlan0'
SECURITY='wpa-configsection'
ESSID=eduroam
IP='dhcp'
CONFIGSECTION='
ssid="eduroam"
scan_ssid=1
key_mgmt=WPA-EAP
eap=PEAP
identity="USER"
password="PASS"
phase1="peaplabel=0"
phase2="auth=MSCHAPV2"'

it fails authetifiction however. the pw and usernames are right.
any ideas greatly appreciated..

Last edited by silly (2012-10-15 11:13:38)

brain0 · 2012-10-15 08:29:10

I can't say anything apart from: You're doing it right.

However, there are several things that confuse me:

scan_ssid=1 - eduroam APs should not be hidden networks, unless the admin is an idiot.
With eduroam, you usually need to append your domain, as in USER@youruniversity.edu
Usually, eduroam uses TTLS + PAP authentication, and EAP+MSCHAPv2 is only a fallback for Windows compatibility - this is of course not standardized, but it is what I've seen so far.
There is no certificate verification in the example - in Arch, ca_path=/etc/ssl/certs, ca_path2=/etc/ssl/certs/ should suffice.

silly · 2012-10-15 11:12:06

i tried removing the "scan_ssid=1" line. it works now, thanks.
no idea why though

Arch Linux

#1 2012-10-15 08:04:05

[solved] trouble with netcfg (using peap)

#2 2012-10-15 08:29:10

Re: [solved] trouble with netcfg (using peap)

#3 2012-10-15 11:12:06

Re: [solved] trouble with netcfg (using peap)

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