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quantumcoffeemug

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Registered: 2010-02-14

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Wicd won't connect to a WPA network that has a blank password

I need to connect to a WPA network which has no password. I am currently using wicd, but it gives me an error message if I try to leave the key field blank. Is there a way to get wicd to use an empty string for a key, or am I just out of luck and will have to use a different network manager?

Thanks in advance.

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Re: Wicd won't connect to a WPA network that has a blank password

How exactly is your network WPA if it has no key at all?

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hexanol

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Registered: 2009-08-04

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Re: Wicd won't connect to a WPA network that has a blank password

Yeah, what about actually setting a password on your 'protected' wireless network ? This would solve your problem. And will make everybody on this forum happy.

Alternatively, you could manually compute the 256-bits PMK from your passphrase and your SSID and enter it in wicd in the form of 64 hexadecimal characters.

Last edited by hexanol (2010-08-17 21:38:35)

quantumcoffeemug

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Registered: 2010-02-14

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Re: Wicd won't connect to a WPA network that has a blank password

I'm afraid that it's not my network; I feel exactly the same way. I don't understand why they don't just set some kind of password, even a trivial one, but it's not for me to reason why, unfortunately.

alexandrite

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Registered: 2009-03-27

Posts: 326

Re: Wicd won't connect to a WPA network that has a blank password

How exactly is your network WPA if it has no key at all?

They'll certainly never guess that

Really though, try using this:

http://wicd.sourceforge.net/templates.php

Your file should of course be simpler than theirs, which is a plus.

Last edited by alexandrite (2010-08-18 02:26:09)

moljac024

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Registered: 2008-01-29

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Re: Wicd won't connect to a WPA network that has a blank password

WPA network with a blank password? My god! I didn't even think it was possible...

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