I've encountered a strange problem logging into my local Wifi.
There are 2 services I can use : (1) the household service,
part of my landlord's home-office system ; (2) my cell-phone's hotspot.
(2) is ok, but trying to use (1) has been offering challenges.
First, there's no problem with my hardware or that of my landlord
nor with 'wpa_supplicant' installed on my Gentoo system AFAIK.
The problem aros when I tried to log into (1)
after a power outage caused my landlord to restart his box,
at which time he renamed the service with a slightly different password ;
he's intelligent + friendly, but not upto fine-tuning it.
I have updated the config file below to match the new strings.
Earlier in the year, it was straightforward. I have a config file :
#wpa_supplicant-gr.conf : 241207
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=wheel
network={
ssid="<name of landlord's service>"
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
pairwise=CCMP TKIP
group=CCMP TKIP
psk="<password>"
priority=5
}
This hasn't changed : it used to log me in when I rebooted.
Now it doesn't : for some reason, it scans, but finds nothing.
The config file for my cell-phone hotspot is the same & also unchanged.
However, I can use 'wpa_gui' with a bit of fussing & editing.
Currently, it shows the correct adapter + service name & below it lists :
Status : completed (station)
Last message : <blank>
Authentication : WPA2-PSK
Encryption : CCMP + TKIP
SSID : <service name>
BSSID : < 12 hex digits >
IP address : < 11 digits >
I can't see any difference between the 2 lists of config items.
I do have to reset it via an 'edit' menu after rebooting,
esp to restate the password, which is a nuisance,
but it succeeds in getting thro' to the service.
Can anyone suggest what mb wrong with the 1st method ?
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