On 2/6/07, David G. Miller <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Andras Simon" <szajmi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > n 2/6/07, David G. Miller <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > [...] > >> > >> > Looks like I need to bump the priority on implementing WPA. >> > >> > > Is that such a major undertaking? I never tried to connect Linux > wirelessly, but just the other day it took me all of 5 minutes to set > up my router and phone to talk to each other via a WPA connection (3 > of which went into trying in vain to configure what the router calls > WPA2 - so I went with WPA1). And I don't even know what all those > acronyms stand for :) > > Andras The AP I have wants an external radius server if I configure WPA. I have freeradius installed on my server so I just need to figure out how to configure it so my AP can use it. Once that's done, I then need to see if my laptop can connect to the AP using WPA. I don't have a good way of testing whether freeradius is configured correctly independently from having the laptop use it with WPA. Likewise, I have no way of knowing whether WPA on the laptop is configured correctly other than having it connect using my freeradius server. I'm expecting I'll have to spend some time debugging this setup.
You have my sympathy... Among the wireless security options of my router there is one called WPA Personal that doesn't require a radius server; so I opted for that.
If I only needed to change one thing, I wouldn't be as concerned. Changing two dependent things at the same time is usually a recipe for trouble. Be glad you didn't face a similar problem.
I certainly am, for now. But I'm slightly afraid someone will react to this to tell me that WPA without a radius server is worse than WEP :-( BTW, I learned a lot from this thread, so thanks to all the experts! Andras
