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

[Larry Finger <Larry Finger lwfinger net>]

Jaap A. Haitsma wrote:
> 
> 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: 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.

It should work the same way with Linux with that 10 character string as the
shared key.

Has your system worked elsewhere with WPA1? In particular, is wpa_supplicant
installed on your system?

Does /var/log/NetworkManager yield any relevant info?