Re: WPA authentication instead of Open/WEP

["Darren Albers" <dalbers gmail com>]

I know you said that this was a 3com wireless and not cisco but any
chance this is running LEAP or possibly EAP-MD5?

On 10/6/06, Darren Albers <dalbers gmail com> wrote:
> It looks like you are running 802.1x with dynamic 64bit wep keys.  The
> iwlist you posted earlier indicates this as well:
> dev1804289383  Scan completed :
>          Cell 01 - Address: 00:0D:54:FD:43:07
>                    ESSID:"RohitsOffice"
>                    Protocol:IEEE 802.11bg
>                    Mode:Master
>                    Channel:6
>                    Encryption key:on
>                    Bit Rates:54 Mb/s
>                    Extra: Rates (Mb/s): 1 2 5.5 9 11 6 12 18 24 36 48 54
>                    Quality=100/100  Signal level=-145 dBm
>                    IE: WPA Version 1
>                        Group Cipher : WEP-40
>                        Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
>                        Authentication Suites (1) : 802.1X
>
>
> Unfortunately it doesn't look like NM supports this configuration but
> you can create a wpa_supplicant connection manually if you know the
> eap type (I am guessing EAP-TLS)
>
>
>
> On 10/6/06, Rohit Kumbhar <rohit kumbhar gmail com> wrote:
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> > Stefan Schmidt wrote:
> > > Hello.
> > >
> > > On Thu, 2006-10-05 at 15:51, Rohit Kumbhar wrote:
> > >
> > > [...]
> > >
> > > Do you have the chance to reconfigure the AP using WEP _or_ WPA?
> > All right, I got a chance to look at the Wireless configuration here.
> > The details are:
> >
> > Security - 802.11g
> > Authentication - Open System
> > Encryption: Enabled
> > Cipher Mode: WEP
> > Key Size: 64 bit Alphanumeric
> > WPA Key Management: WPA authentication over 802.1x   (Requires 802.1x
> > Setup configured to Supported or Required)
> > [On a different page]802.1x Setup : Disabled, 802.1x authentications
> > not allowed
> >
> > Seems pretty normal stuff except the WPA Key Management part. We are
> > using 3Com Wireless LAN Enterprise Access Point.
> >
> > Anything not normal?
> >
> > Regards
> > Rohit
> >
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