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itstony

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Registered: 2009-09-02

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Noob trying to get WPA2 + hidden network setup

Hi, I installed networkmanage hal (and got the rc.d order correct)

ifconfig -a is:

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:21:5D:38:3D:EA 
          BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

lshw shows:

           *-network DISABLED
                description: Wireless interface
                product: Wireless WiFi Link 5100
                vendor: Intel Corporation
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
                logical name: wmaster0
                version: 00
                serial: 00:21:5d:38:3d:ea
                width: 64 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list logical ethernet physical wireless
                configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwlagn latency=0 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11abgn
                resources: irq:33 memory:fdffe000-fdffffff

[03:29 PM][root@carnegie ~]# netcfg danetwork
:: danetwork up                                                      [BUSY] SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory
SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory
Could not set interface 'wlan0' UP
- Authentication/association failed
                                                                      [FAIL]

I am trying to connect to WPA2 hidden network with  a PSK

cat /etc/network.d/danetwork

CONNECTION="wireless"
DESCRIPTION="A simple WPA encrypted wireless connection"
INTERFACE="wlan0"
SECURITY="wpa"
ESSID="danetwork"
KEY="flebytheshore321"
IP="dhcp"

nm-applet GUI will let me add a hidden network, but after I click connect nothing happens. Then if I go to connect to the network again it shows only the SSID saved (the passkey is greyed out, so is the connect button), it dissapears on restart

Any ideas? Any other config files or commands that I can run to get you more info?

Last edited by itstony (2009-09-02 20:33:58)

gaten

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Registered: 2009-09-04

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Re: Noob trying to get WPA2 + hidden network setup

I've always used wpa supplicant to connect to WPA/WPA2 networks.

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/WPA_Supplicant

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Re: Noob trying to get WPA2 + hidden network setup

Hidden ESSIDs are more often than not a problem on Linux. In case you think it offers security: it does not, the ESSID can still be found out with a good sniffer.

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moljac024

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Re: Noob trying to get WPA2 + hidden network setup

Hidden ESSIDs are more often than not a problem on Linux. In case you think it offers security: it does not, the ESSID can still be found out with a good sniffer.

+1 to that.....hidden ESSIDs are like MAC address filtering - they do squat for security

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djszapi

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Re: Noob trying to get WPA2 + hidden network setup

Hello itstony!

Did you try with wicd too ?

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tomk

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Re: Noob trying to get WPA2 + hidden network setup

You appear to have a driver problem, as netcfg was unable to set your interface to UP. Read the wireless setup wiki page, and make sure you have the correct dirver, and firmware if necessary, for your card. You might get more help here if you post your card make and model here.

You should also try connecting manually with wpa_supplicant - again, details in the wiki.

amw2320

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Registered: 2005-08-14

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Re: Noob trying to get WPA2 + hidden network setup

I tried this as well and had big problems.  Unless you have a really good reason to hide the network (I cant think of one. As stated above, it doesn't really add security) skip the headache.

It works perfectly when the SSID is broadcasted.