Re: Timeschedule of 0.7 release and possible sponsoring

["Jeroen van de Nieuwenhof" <lists vandenieuwenhof nl>]

> 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!

Jeroen