Re: Timeschedule of 0.7 release and possible sponsoring

[dragoran <drago01 gmail com>]

Jeroen van de Nieuwenhof wrote:
> > On Thu, 2007-09-13 at 18:15 +0200, Jeroen van de Nieuwenhof wrote:
> >     
> > > > > Today i'm at the university that uses these settings in
> > > > >           
> > > wpa_supplicant:
> > >       
> > > > > network={
> > > > >         ssid="university"
> > > > >         scan_ssid=1
> > > > >         key_mgmt=IEEE8021X
> > > > >         eap=PEAP
> > > > >         phase2="auth=MSCHAPV2"
> > > > >         identity="account university tld
> > > > > <mailto:account university tld>"
> > > > >         password="password"
> > > > > }
> > > > >
> > > > > I tried connecting to the network with NetworkManager 0.6.5 in Ubuntu
> > > > > Gutsy and i couldn't get a connection. Networkmanager just kept on
> > > > > circling without returning any green bulbs (in the applet). I've
> > > > > selected LEAP, filled in my username and password and then chose
> > > > > IEEE802.1.x. I also tried WPA-EAP, but that didn't work too.
> > > > >
> > > > > If it's true that this type of connection is supported by
> > > > >           
> > > NetworkManager
> > >       
> > > > > 0.6.5, then what am i doing wrong?
> > > > >
> > > > >           
> > > > You have to select WPA ENTERPRISE than PEAP , Dynamic WEP and MSCHAPV2
> > > > than it should work. Its not a LEAP network.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >         
> > > This works for the first network. Now at my second university i have
> > > this
> > > wpa-supplicant config. I can't figure out how to get this working with
> > > NetworkManager.
> > >
> > > ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
> > > eapol_version=1
> > >
> > > network={
> > >         ssid="ssid"
> > >         scan_ssid=1
> > >         key_mgmt=IEEE8021X
> > >         eap=TTLS
> > >         anonymous_identity="anonymous uni nl"
> > >         phase2="auth=PAP"
> > >         identity="account uni nl"
> > >         password="password"
> > >         ca_cert="/home/jeroen/Desktop/SURFnet-PCA-Root-CA.crt"
> > > }
> > >
> > > I selected WPA Enterprise TTLS, PAP, filled in the account settings and
> > > made a link to the certificate file in the CA field. What am i doing
> > > wrong, or is it even possible to connect to this network with
> > > NetworkManager?
> > >       
> > This is dynamic WEP.  Use WPA Enterprise, and change the Key Type to
> > "Dynamic WEP".  Yes, it's odd, and yes, we'd like to make the WPA
> > options more understandable.
> >
> > Dan
> >
> >
> >     
>
> This is great! Both the networks i tried work with NetworkManager. This is
> a pretty big step for Wifi users i think. Especially those who aren't
> familiar with command line and wpa-supplicant tweaking.
>
> I still have one question though: the networks with TTLS and PEAP are both
> recognised by networkmanager, but when i try to connect to them by
> clicking on them, i dont get the option for wpa enterprise. I have to
> manually connect to the networks to make the connection work. Is this a
> bug and do i have to file this bug, or is it a well known problem?
>
> Keep up the great work!
>
>   
there is no way for nm to find out if its a wep dynamic network or not.
so you have to tell nm this info.