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On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 1:40 PM, Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>>> Is there any way to verify that my wireless client connections are |
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>>> encrypted via WPA2? |
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>>> - Grant |
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>>> |
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>> iwlist $interface scan |
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>> Will give you enough information to tell if the wireless network |
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>> supports WPA (instead of being WPA2-only). I don't know how you might |
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>> inspect a connection from the client's perspective. That probably |
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>> depends on the tool you're using. |
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> Is it strange that I get this from iwconfig on the connected client: |
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> Encryption key:off |
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That's normal. iwconfig only knows about WEP. WPA and WPA2 are |
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different animals. |
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Looking for my laptop on my network at home; I'll do a scan so I have |
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some other examples to contrast with. |
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:wq |
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