Re: Unsupported Authenication Modes

[Charles Whittington]

>>3. If so, is it possible to use NM in conjunction with an ifup/down 
>>script fired from a suitable applet?
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>What do you mean here? Same as in question 4?
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>>4. Would it be a good idea/possible to have an option in NM to use a 
>>custom script for this type of situation?
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>You mean starting a script to use another wpa_supplicant with config
>fired up from the ifup/ifdown scripts integrated in
>NetworkManagerDispatcher?
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>I never tried this. Not sure what happen if two version of
>wpa_supplicant are running. The one form nm and the one from your
>custom script.
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>regards
>Stefan Schmidt
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Thanks very much for your prompt reply.

You have answered Question 3  to Question 4. Q4 was meant to be rather
like the post following mine from Zach Tibbitts  - i.e.
could we have a temporary workaround for this situation
a) to allow our users to use NM for all connections, and
b) so that you guys are not always having to play catch-up with what is
happening in wpa-supplicant?

Is it worth me saying to the user: when connecting to uni network (i.e.
one requiring unsupported modes), select "no Network" in NM and then run
this script? Or will that still start two wpa_supplicants?

Charles Whittington
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Unsupported Authenication Modes

[Charles Whittington]

I have NM working nicely for our home networks, thanks to all involved. 
Now, I am trying to set up a laptop running ubuntu for easy use by my 
daughter who is at Edinburgh (UK) University. (She is reading 
Comparative Religion and not Computer Science!) Unfortunately I am not 
anywhere near Edinburgh so I want to get as close to the solution as 
possible, by diligent research, before I get to see the network. Anyway 
I hate trial&error methods - they take far too much time! She will 
require, therefore, four different networks: home wireless, uni wired 
(not allowed to use wireless in halls), uni wireless, & wireless 
hotspots. EUCS website suggests that a wpa-supplicant file for their 
network should look something like this:

QUOTE

ap_scan=2
network={
ssid="central-wpa"
auth_alg=OPEN
key_mgmt=WPA_EAP
proto=WPA
pairwise=TKIP
group=TKIP
eap=PEAP
identity="username"
password="password"
phase1="peapver=0"
phase2="auth=MSCHAPV2"
eapol_flags=3
UNQUOTE


Apart from the typo (I think it should be WPA-EAP not WPA_EAP), this 
looks as if it requires two-phase
authentication which, from reading all the stuff I can find here and in 
ubuntu etc, looks as if it may not be supported by NM.

1. Am I correct in concluding that this mode of wpa-supplicant is not 
supported by NM?
2. Am I correct in concluding that manual configuration of 
wpa-supplicant.conf is ignored by NM?
3. If so, is it possible to use NM in conjunction with an ifup/down 
script fired from a suitable applet?
4. Would it be a good idea/possible to have an option in NM to use a 
custom script for this type of situation?

Very grateful for any comments and/or ideas ...

Charles Whittington

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