Re: How to connect to a WPA network that uses 10 hexadecimal digits as password

["Jaap A. Haitsma" <jaap haitsma org>]

On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 17:29, Larry Finger <Larry Finger lwfinger net> wrote:
> Jaap A. Haitsma wrote:
>> On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 03:07, Aaron Konstam <akonstam sbcglobal net> wrote:
>>> On Wed, 2009-04-08 at 08:06 +0200, Jaap A. Haitsma wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I'm in a hotel currently and the wifi uses WPA encryption and password
>>>> is a 10 digit hexadecimal number. When I use this number in Windows it
>>>> works fine. However if I use NetworkManager it doesn't. If I look at
>>>> the password that's actually being stored by NetworkManager I a
>>>> hexadecimal number that is much larger. I'm assuming that's the hash
>>>> of the password I'm entering. However I think in this case it should
>>>> not take the hash but use the 10 digit hexadecimal number directly.
>>>>
>>>> Is this possible in NetworkManager?
>>>> Are my assumptions correct? (I've never seen this WPA with a 10digit
>>>> hexadecimal password before)
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Jaap
>>> Yes it is possible. Are you sure you are entering it as a hex numver not
>>> aas a passphrase ot Asci string. Is the stored passwd filled with ascii
>>> number representations which would make it longer.
>>
>> I'm not entering the it as a hex numver, because I don't know how to
>> do this. I don't see an option for that. I've just tried prefixing the
>> hex password with with 0x, but that also does not work
>
> Please post the output of 'iwlist scan'. That should indicate what style of
> encryption is being used.
>
> To answer your first question, if a 10 character phrase consisting of 0-9 and
> A-F were used as the WPA "secret", it would not be special and would be
> converted to a 32-digit hex key just like any other phrase.
>
> Larry
>

iwlist scan gives the following output

wlan0     Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: 00:1F:41:0F:FE:59
                    ESSID:"STI WiFi"
                    Mode:Master
                    Channel:11
                    Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
                    Quality=100/100  Signal level:-37 dBm  Noise level=-94 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    IE: Unknown: 00085354492057694669
                    IE: Unknown: 010482848B96
                    IE: Unknown: 03010B
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0103
                    IE: Unknown: 32080C1218243048606C
                    IE: Unknown:
DD180050F2020101880003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
                    IE: Unknown: DD0900037F01010000FF7F
                    IE: Unknown: DD080013920100010500
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
                              9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
                              48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Extra:tsf=0000006526c04184
                    Extra: Last beacon: 88ms ago


Instructions of the hotel are the following

SSID: STI WiFi
key: a531bc531d
PC: Network Key
MAC: WPA 10 digits

On windows it works right away when I enter a531bc531d as key.