[PLUG] Wireless Security and Access Protocols

Paul Mullen pm at nellump.net
Fri Dec 20 18:49:43 UTC 2013


On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 09:29:05AM -0800, Rich Shepard wrote:
>    Wicd does not have these protocols on the version with Slackware-14.0. My
> choices are:
>  	WPA 1/2 Hex
>  	WPA PEAP
>  	WPA Password
>  	WPA2 LEAP
>  	WPA2 PEAP

I suspect it has less to do with the version of wicd, and more with
the wpa_supplicant configuration on your system.  (wpa_supplicant is
the software that handles all of the authentication for wireless
networking.)

  http://w1.fi/wpa_supplicant/

In the wicd "Advanced Settings" preferences tab, which WPA Supplicant
driver is selected?  My copy says "You should almost always use wext".

There may be some Slackware-specific configuration required to get
wpa_supplicant to support the entire range of protocols, but my brain
is empty of such knowledge.


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Paul Mullen
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