[YLUG] wpa_supplicant and NM

[Harry Mills]

Mike Cohler wrote:
> After posting yesterday I decided to take the plunge and try
> NetworkManager (via KNetworkManager in KDE) at the end of the day
> today. I specified the usual settings for PEAP and set the CA
> certificate as /etc/pki/tls/cert.pem  - and this got me a working
> connection with my F7 laptop. (Yes I did stop the network service
> first, and also had NetworkManagerDispatcher running)
> 
> So now I know that it is possible to connect to the campus eduroam
> ssid using F7 with the same laptop that I could not get a connection
> with before.
> 
> I have looked through the /var/log/messages file this evening so see
> if there are any clues as to what settings might have been different
> to those I had used in the wpa_supplicant.conf file previously, and it
> seems the only difference is that NM used proto=WPA whereas all the
> guidance I had before was that this parameter would not be needed.
> 
> Next week I will try to connect with wpa_supplicant directly with a
> modified config file.
> 
This is the config I use for the SNS on wired. It might help with some 
of the JANET wireless stuff.

-- 
Regards,

Harry Mills <mail at hjmills.co.uk>
http://hjmills.co.uk
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ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=root
ap_scan=0
network={
key_mgmt=IEEE8021X
eap=PEAP
#ca_cert=/etc/wpa_supplicant/SecureServer.509
#subject_match="/C=GB/L=York/O=University of York/OU=Computing Service/OU=Terms of use at www.verisign.co.uk/rpa (c)05/OU=Authenticated by VeriSign/OU=Member, VeriSign Trust Network/CN=nasaaa1.york.ac.uk"
#subject_match="/C=GB/L=York/O=University of York/OU=Computing Service/OU=Terms of use at www.verisign.co.uk/rpa (c)05/OU=Authenticated by VeriSign/OU=Member, VeriSign Trust Network/CN=nasaaa2.york.ac.uk"
identity="user at york.ac.uk"
password="pass"
phase1="peaplabel=0"
phase2="auth=MSCHAPV2"
}