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

[Russell Lemburg]

Wow that's helpful.  Knew it had to do with the EAP stuff and 802.1x.  That
was head bumping day.

On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 1:48 PM, Stuart Johnston <saj at thecommune.net> wrote:

> I don't know if it is current but perhaps this will help:
>
> http://fslutd.org/w/Campus_wireless
>
> Steve Baker 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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