Re: [gentoo-user] Verify WPA2?

[Grant]

>>>>>> Is there any way to verify that my wireless client connections are
>>>>>> encrypted via WPA2?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - Grant
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> iwlist $interface scan
>>>>>
>>>>> Will give you enough information to tell if the wireless network
>>>>> supports WPA (instead of being WPA2-only). I don't know how you might
>>>>> inspect a connection from the client's perspective. That probably
>>>>> depends on the tool you're using.
>>>>
>>>> Is it strange that I get this from iwconfig on the connected client:
>>>>
>>>> Encryption key:off
>>>
>>> That's normal. iwconfig only knows about WEP. WPA and WPA2 are
>>> different animals.
>>
>> Got it, thanks for your help Michael.
>
> Actually, I think I was only half-right. It's normal for iwconfig to
> show Encryption key:off when connected to WPA and WPA2 networks, it's
> true that WPA and WPA2 are different animals, and I believe it's true
> that iwconfig only knows about WEP.
>
> But there's something strange about the "Encryption key:" line. A
> survey of my apartment from my laptop, which I connected to via ssh,
> revealed that "iwconfig" reports "Encryption key:off", while "iwlist"
> shows "Encryption key:on" for the BSSID I'm connected to (And I'm
> showing "IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1" for my encryption mode).
>
> I don't know the cause of the discrepancy, though I could guess at a
> half-dozen different plausible sources.

I thought you were saying iwconfig doesn't know about WPA/WPA2 but
iwlist does.  That would account for the discrepancy, right?

- Grant