Hidden WEP Network with more options.

begrady · 12-12-2007, 04:02 PM

I've done some searches, but it turns out I'm not really sure what to search for. I'm using Linux in a Windows corporate world. We have a wireless network, but it seems to be a non-standard configuration that I cannot connect to using KNetworkManager. Here are the details I know:

SSID: <it is hidden, but I know the name>
Network Authentication: Open
Data Encryption: WEP
Key is provided automatically
802.1x authentication enabled
EAP Type: PEAP
Authentication Method: MS-CHAP v2

I've tried using WPA-Enterprise, since it allows me to select some of the other options, but it is a WEP network, so it obviously doesn't work. Any ideas on how to get this to work from Linux at all, not limiting myself to KNetworkManager, necessarily?

686plus · 12-12-2007, 04:46 PM

I think you you need hardware that specifically supports peap. I believe some cisco aironet and intel centrino cards support it. wpa_supplicant might be able to get you connected. I can't remember, but I don't think wep and peap can be set at the same time.

If you have compatible hardware, try searching google for peap, wpa_supplicant and linux for sample configuration files.

begrady · 12-13-2007, 10:07 AM

Thanks for the info. This looks like what I'm going to need to do. I'll have to do a little looking to figure out exactly how to use it. My assumption is that I cannot use this and KNetworkManager at the same time, correct?

I'll post back if I get it working. Thanks for the tip.

jschiwal · 12-13-2007, 10:22 AM

Are you sure that wep is used? It isn't secure at all. In any case look in the README and example files for the wpa_supplicant package. It has examples for using various options including EAP and wep.

Here is one configuration you might see in a corporate environment:

Code:

# WPA2-EAP/CCMP using EAP-TLS

ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant

network={
        ssid="example wpa2-eap network"
        key_mgmt=WPA-EAP
        proto=WPA2
        pairwise=CCMP
        group=CCMP
        eap=TLS
        ca_cert="/etc/cert/ca.pem"
        private_key="/etc/cert/user.p12"
        private_key_passwd="PKCS#12 passhrase"
}