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On Tuesday 07 July 2009 10:34:07 Grant wrote: |
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> I'm trying to connect to a WPA2 wireless router via wicd, but I can't |
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> get past the authentication. The owner insists the password is |
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> correct. I've spoken to the administrator and I was told the router |
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> will connect Windows systems, some Mac systems, but no Linux systems. |
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> Does this amount to the typical "Linux is not supported" response, or |
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> could a router actually not work with Linux clients? |
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> I've also tried to connect via /etc/init.d/net.wlan0 and |
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> wpa_supplicant, but I can't get much information about how it's |
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> failing because it is backgrounded. Could net.wlan0 work even though |
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> wicd fails, and if so, how can I get more info from net.wlan0? |
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It's hard to see how a wireless router could bring that about without changing |
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how WPA2 works (then it isn't really WPA2 anymore is it?). It's a standard |
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protocol. |
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WPA2 does work with wicd - are you getting anything in the logs at all using |
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both methods? |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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