[NTLUG:Discuss] Linux + Wireless on the UTD campus.

[Russell Lemburg]

Weird.  Works on Ubuntu, SuSE, Fedora for me.

Honestly, I'd call UTD and ask.  They encourage students to use Linux.  In
fact, they are just now starting to put Linux systems in open labs.  I'm
sure they could give you a direct answer.  Also, since the way they do their
configurations is so weird, make sure you have IEEE 802.1x turned on.  I
remember having to start weird services like Secure Server Certification
Authority.

Ask your son to take it to Mr. Steinhorst (he's a CS prof who'd know what to
do).  If he's doing bridge, he'll probably know him.

Good luck!

On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 12:52 PM, Steve Baker <steve at sjbaker.org> wrote:

> My son is off to college (doing the summer bridge program at UT Dallas).
>
> The residences there only have WiFi - no cabled Internet at all.
>
> We have his SONY VAIO (SuSE 10.3) working with our WiFi network here at
> home using YAST2 to set everything up and KInternet to set it up and
> pass WEP keys and such.
>
> But UTD's wireless setup is different - and I can't figure out how.  He
> can boot the laptop into Windows, connect up and surf the web just
> fine.  He's been given three pieces of information: A "NetID" which
> contains his initials and some numbers, so it must be unique to him, a
> "Password" and a "Logon Domain" that is the same for everyone.
>
> The trouble is that the Linux tools only seem to be talking about a
> single "encryption key" and none of those three strings seems to fit the
> bill.  KInternet shows the network on a WiFi scan - and when I click on
> it, it says "CONNECTED" - but it clearly isn't because I haven't entered
> any passwords or anything yet - and of course, the connection doesn't
> actually work.
>
> When I dig around in his Windows setup, I think it's saying that the
> connection is "WEP, Open, autokey" with "Protected EAP" and "Password
> EAP-MSCHAP v2"...all of which is complete gobbledygook to me!
>
> Any ideas what I should be setting on the Linux side to get it to talk?
> (Remember that I already got WEP working here on our home WiFi network
> so the drivers are all working and DHCP and all of that stuff is OK).
>
> TIA - Steve.
>
>
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