Thread: wpa_supplicant for OS2008
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danguy is offline danguy
2007-12-04 , 22:13
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My university uses 802.1X /w WEP and hidden SSIDs. Last night I finally got around to (read: procrastinated while supposedly studying for exams) and compiled wpa_supplicant for OS2008. (wireless-tools also)

Binaries are at http://ified.ca/downloads/maemo/. They were compiled with all options enabled using the WEXT driver. I stuck them in /usr/local/bin and added that to the PATH.

I connected successfully with the following steps:
  1. Connect using the GUI to a random AP (otherwise apps think you are offline)
  2. Fiddle with iwconfig until iwlist shows the AP
  3. wpa_supplicant -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -i wlan0 -d
  4. udhcp -i wlan0

With this /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf:
Code:
ap_scan=1

network={
    ssid="the_ssid"
    key_mgmt=IEEE8021X
    identity="my_username"
    password="my_password"
}
This survived being locked and left for half an hour, but did not roam. Walking across campus caused the association to fail, then ICd (or whatever) shut of the WiFi.

My next goal is to integrate this with wlancond, probably by using a magic WEP key that will tell it to launch wpa_supplicant. My knowledge of wpa_supplicant is minimal, but I believe that this will allow the use of "ap_scan=0" in the config, letting us bypass all the issues with hidden SSIDs.
 

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