Re: Does wpa-psk still exist?
On Tue, Mar 03, 2015 at 06:21:52PM -0500, Bob Eby wrote: I'm trying to connect to a wireless network using OpenBSD 5.6. I see a couple FAQ questions talking about a wpa-psk command to convert plaintext to encrypted string, but still getting secure wireless working is about as clear as mud. wpa-psk was retired in 4.9 or thereabouts. For WPA with a simple pre-shared key these days you would put something like this in your /etc/hostname.if up nwid unwiredbsd wpakey mylongpassphrase dhcp rtsol (where .if would be, say .iwm0, .iwn0 etc) If there are FAQ-style (or ugh, HOWTO-style) documents out there that still mention manual conversion of your passphrase via wpa-psk as a viable option, please to everybody a favor and contact their authors to either update or remove. -- Peter N. M. Hansteen, member of the first RFC 1149 implementation team http://bsdly.blogspot.com/ http://www.bsdly.net/ http://www.nuug.no/ Remember to set the evil bit on all malicious network traffic delilah spamd[29949]: 85.152.224.147: disconnected after 42673 seconds.
Re: Does wpa-psk still exist?
On Wed, Mar 04, 2015 at 07:39:05AM -0500 or thereabouts, Bob Eby wrote: I had tried this link: http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi/OpenBSD-current/man5/hostname.if.5?query=hostname.ifsec=5 Which seemed to say this would work: nwid mynwid wpakey mywpakey dhcp which doesn't work, what is up, unwiredbsd, rtsol etc? Thanks, Bob up is a command to start your wireless interface unwiredbsd is the name of the wireless network to which you wish to connect rtsol may be characterised as dhcp for ipv6
Re: Does wpa-psk still exist?
I had tried this link: http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi/OpenBSD-current/man5/hostname.if.5?query=hostname.ifsec=5 Which seemed to say this would work: nwid mynwid wpakey mywpakey dhcp which doesn't work, what is up, unwiredbsd, rtsol etc? Thanks, Bob
Re: Does wpa-psk still exist?
On 03/04/15 07:38, Bob Eby wrote: I had tried this link: http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi/OpenBSD-current/man5/hostname.if.5?query=hostname.ifsec=5 Which seemed to say this would work: nwid mynwid wpakey mywpakey dhcp which doesn't work, what is up, unwiredbsd, rtsol etc? You did it wrong. Most likely, that's not your nwid or wpakey. And you probably don't have a .if interface. Based on the information you provided, that's all I can or will say. Nick.
Re: Does wpa-psk still exist?
On Wed, Mar 04, 2015 at 08:05:02AM -0500 or thereabouts, Nick Holland wrote: On 03/04/15 07:38, Bob Eby wrote: I had tried this link: http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi/OpenBSD-current/man5/hostname.if.5?query=hostname.ifsec=5 Which seemed to say this would work: nwid mynwid wpakey mywpakey dhcp which doesn't work, what is up, unwiredbsd, rtsol etc? You did it wrong. Most likely, that's not your nwid or wpakey. And you probably don't have a .if interface. Based on the information you provided, that's all I can or will say. Nick. Do you have the firmware for your wireless? http://firmware.openbsd.org
Does wpa-psk still exist?
Hi, I'm trying to connect to a wireless network using OpenBSD 5.6. I see a couple FAQ questions talking about a wpa-psk command to convert plaintext to encrypted string, but still getting secure wireless working is about as clear as mud. Thanks, Bob
Re: Does wpa-psk still exist?
On 2015-03-03 23:21, Bob Eby wrote: Hi, I'm trying to connect to a wireless network using OpenBSD 5.6. I see a couple FAQ questions talking about a wpa-psk command to convert plaintext to encrypted string, but still getting secure wireless working is about as clear as mud. Thanks, Bob Create a file called /etc/hostname.wpi0 (if wpi0 is your wireless driver) and put this in it nwid mynwid wpakey wpa-psk dhcp Save it and run the command $ sudo sh /etc/netstart Then read man hostname.if Purists will say read the man page first but you will remember far better by experiencing first. Good Luck Mo
Re: Does wpa-psk still exist?
On Tue, Mar 03, 2015 at 06:21:52PM -0500, Bob Eby wrote: Hi, I'm trying to connect to a wireless network using OpenBSD 5.6. I see a couple FAQ questions talking about a wpa-psk command to convert plaintext to encrypted string, but still getting secure wireless working is about as clear as mud. Thanks, Bob wpa-psk has long been replaced with the ifconfig(8) wpakey option. wpakey passphrase | hexkey Set the WPA key and enable WPA. The key can be given using either a passphrase or a full length hex key, starting with 0x. If a passphrase is used the nwid option must be set prior to specifying the wpakey option, since ifconfig will hash the nwid along with the passphrase to create the key.
Re: Does wpa-psk still exist?
On 03/03/15 18:21, Bob Eby wrote: Hi, I'm trying to connect to a wireless network using OpenBSD 5.6. I see a couple FAQ questions talking about a wpa-psk command to convert plaintext to encrypted string, but still getting secure wireless working is about as clear as mud. Yes, if you search randomly around the Internet, you can find all kinds of obsolete information. If you use the search box on the OpenBSD FAQ page, the only thing that comes up for wpa-psk is it was removed in 4.9. try http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq6.html#Wireless It really isn't that hard. You have a few basic parameters, you have a place to put them. Then it works. Nick.
