Re: [gentoo-user] wpa_supplicant and unencrypted APs

[Grant]

 I'm not using wpa_supplicant yet, but from googling it looks like you
 should be able to do something like this in your wpa_supplicant.conf file:
 
 # Plaintext connection (no WPA, no IEEE 802.1X)
 network={
 ssid=plaintext-test
 key_mgmt=NONE
 }
 
 I'm guessing you'll have to know the ssid of the network, but that is
 easy enough to find: iwlist eth1/ath0/etc scanning.
 
 -Richard
 
 Grant wrote:
 
 Can wpa_supplicant connect to an unencrypted AP?  I'll be connecting
 to a strange AP tomorrow and I don't know what to expect.  I've got to
 be sure I can get online.
 
 - Grant

I'm trying to get this working but I'm having some trouble.  The
following command finds the unencrypted AP at two different locations:

iwlist ath0 scanning

but wpa_supplicant will only connect if I specify ap_scan=0.  It will
connect that way but I get something like:

connected to SSID whatever at address FF:FF:FF:FF:FF

and it always fails during DHCP after that.

Also, what should I be careful with when connected via an unencrypted
AP?  I've read that SSH is OK, but passwords submitted via a browser
are in the open even if using SSL.  Is that right?

- Grant

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[gentoo-user] wpa_supplicant and unencrypted APs

[Grant]

Can wpa_supplicant connect to an unencrypted AP?  I'll be connecting
to a strange AP tomorrow and I don't know what to expect.  I've got to
be sure I can get online.

- Grant

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Re: [gentoo-user] wpa_supplicant and unencrypted APs

[Richard Fish]

I'm not using wpa_supplicant yet, but from googling it looks like you
should be able to do something like this in your wpa_supplicant.conf file:

# Plaintext connection (no WPA, no IEEE 802.1X)
network={
ssid=plaintext-test
key_mgmt=NONE
}

I'm guessing you'll have to know the ssid of the network, but that is
easy enough to find: iwlist eth1/ath0/etc scanning.

-Richard

Grant wrote:

Can wpa_supplicant connect to an unencrypted AP?  I'll be connecting
to a strange AP tomorrow and I don't know what to expect.  I've got to
be sure I can get online.

- Grant

  

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Re: [gentoo-user] wpa_supplicant and unencrypted APs

[Grant]

 I'm not using wpa_supplicant yet, but from googling it looks like you
 should be able to do something like this in your wpa_supplicant.conf file:
 
 # Plaintext connection (no WPA, no IEEE 802.1X)
 network={
 ssid=plaintext-test
 key_mgmt=NONE
 }
 
 I'm guessing you'll have to know the ssid of the network, but that is
 easy enough to find: iwlist eth1/ath0/etc scanning.
 
 -Richard
 
 Grant wrote:
 
 Can wpa_supplicant connect to an unencrypted AP?  I'll be connecting
 to a strange AP tomorrow and I don't know what to expect.  I've got to
 be sure I can get online.
 
 - Grant

That may be just what I need.  Thanks a lot Richard.

- Grant

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