[PLUG] Wireless Security and Access Protocols

[Mike C.]

On Fri, 20 Dec 2013, Paul Mullen wrote:

>
> > 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/
>
>
> <<< SNIP >>>

 " The most secure mode and authentication supported by the Belkin are
WPA/WAP2-Personal (PSK) and WPA2-PSK.

   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""
<<< SNIP >>>>

Rich - You can set the key management in the wpa_supplicant.conf file as
shown in the example below to "wpa-psk".


QUICK EXAMPLES
       1. WPA-Personal  (PSK)  as home network and WPA-Enterprise with EAP-TLS
          as work network.

          # allow frontend (e.g., wpa_cli) to be used by all users in
'wheel' group
          ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=wheel
          #
          # home network; allow all valid ciphers
          network={
               ssid="home"
               scan_ssid=1
               key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
               psk="very secret passphrase"
          }
          #

http://manpages.debian.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?sektion=5&query=wpa_supplicant.conf&apropos=0&manpath=sid&locale=en

You can also create a wpa_supplicant template for wicd to use. I've never
done this and I'm not real clear on how it all works, but it might be of
interest or help.

http://wicd.sourceforge.net/templates.php

HTH!

Cheers,

Mike