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How to connect Linux to a WPA2-EAP-CCMP Wi-Fi network?
Summary: after having gone through tons of documentation pages, I still cannot connect my Debian to a WPA2-EAP-CCMP Wi-Fi
The NIC is correctly configured (driver-wise):
# iwconfig
wlx00e04c45ad46 ...
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Buildroot: wpa_supplicant cannot connect to ESP32 SoftAP
I have a SoftAP set up using ESP32-S3. Clean example from ESP-IDF SDK, no changes on my end. I also have a MilkV-Duo board running buildroot with RTL8188 network card over USB. Here's the state of ...
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Wifi Dongle on Armbian, nl80211 driver doesnt work
I have problems to get a wifi-USB-dongle working on a linux (Armbian 22.05.0-trunk with bleeding edge Linux 5.16.20-rockchip64).
the file /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant-wlan0.conf looks like:
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Run Wifi (Intel AX210) with Single Antenna
Is it possible to run an Intel AX210 chip using a single antenna? I've got an embedded project where a single antenna would be optimal. With a single antenna, I get almost perfect data connectivity, ...
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wpa_supplicant not connecting at boot but manually
I generated an embedded Linux system with Yocto Kirkstone, which has all the required modules for WiFi over an RTL8192 dongle.
When I start the device, wpa_supplicant fails connecting the network with ...
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getting error while configuring wpa_spplicant in WPA3 SAE mode
I configured as below in wpa_supplicant2.conf:
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=0
sae_pwe=2
sae_groups=19 20 21 24 25
update_config=1
network={
ssid=req_SSID
proto=...
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wpa_supplicant: connect to mobile tethering but not to the router
Also my phone works successfully as a client of this Wi-Fi router, and even now I tether from this phone that is a client of this Wi-Fi.
Wired connection (ethernet) from the same laptop to this router ...
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wpa_supplicant disconnects with reason=3 on connection
I am using a raspberry pi 4 to connect to my college network (so using WPA-Enterprise using PEAP) using wpa_supplicant
when I run the command,
sudo wpa_supplicant -c/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant....
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wpa_supplicant needs a manual reassociation every once in a while
I recently reinstalled a Debian 10 on my laptop. Before that, wireless connection to my home AP worked fine (no latency, no disconnection...).
But since the reinstallation, when my laptop is connected ...
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wpa_cli choose interface p2p-dev-wlan0 automatically when -i is not specified
I want to use wpa_cli to connect with AP.
If I use wpa_cli without -i option, wpa_cli will choose interface p2p-dev-wlan0 which does not really exist.
And network list between p2p-dev-wlan0 and wlan0 ...
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How to re-enable a network that has been TEMP-DISABLED in wpa_supplicant?
In wpa_suppicant, a network can receive a sort of temporary "blacklisting" whereby wpa_supplicant won't try to connect to it. This happens in particular if authentication to the AP fails several times ...
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Can't reconnect to Wi-Fi after disconnecting
I use Arch Linux and this is the command I usually use to disconnect from the Internet: sudo wpa_cli -i wlp2s0 -p /var/run/wpa_supplicant\ GROUP\=wheel/ terminate. To connect again, I use: sudo ...
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WiFi noise measurement
What I want to do:
I want to do some experiments with devices such as a Raspberry Pi in environments, where there is noise in the 2.4GHz and 5GHz band.
What I tried so far:
My idea was to simply use ...
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Rapsbery Pi stretch lite not connecting to WiFi Network
I am running the latest November release of Raspian Stretch Lite on my Pi.
I created a /etc/network/interfaces file with this information whenever I plug in my USB wifi dongle into the USB interface ...
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How do you find possible values for freq_list and/or scan_freq in wpa_supplicant.conf?
The wpa_supplicant.conf file can have parameters freq_list and scan_freq. How do I find what are the possible values for either or both of these parameters?
freq_list=5500 5520 ...
scan_freq=5500 ...
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how to delete SSID data from Debian wifi interface?
I have Debian distribution and when I want to reset the WIFI connection I run the following command:
ifconfig wlan0 down
and I also delete the wpasupplicant.conf file but when starting the network ...
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Raspberry Pi 3 Ad-Hoc Wireless network with wpa_supplicant/WPA2 configuration
I need help with securing Ad-Hoc network with wpa_supplicant.
I've been trying to setup Ad-Hoc wireless network between Raspberry PIs 3 using the onboard WiFi adapter.
pi@raspberrypi3bare:~ $ iw ...
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Connect wlan interface to specific BSSID without knowledge about SSID
I do know the BSSID and passphrase of my wireless router and I want to connect my wireless interface to it without caring about the SSID. Thus, I do want it to work even after the SSID of the wireless ...
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RT5572 can authenticate using WPA2, but can't get an IP address from DHCP
I have a system running open embedded Linux with the Ralink RT5572 wireless usb card. I have the driver installed along with wpa_supplicant and I need to be able to connect to a WPA2 secured network. ...
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What is the fastest way to switch from one AP to another in Linux
I need to switch between APs quickly - in less than 1 second if possible.
Using nmcli or wpa_supplicant the best I can do is about 12 seconds. Does anyone know a method to reduce the time?
Thanks.
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WiFi authentication times out
Since today I have this very annoying issue that the WiFi on my HP ProBook is not authenticating anymore. I haven't changed any settings and my mobile phone connects to the WiFi fine. Also trying ...
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wpa_supplicant - detecting that my password is incorrect?
If I specify an incorrect password when connecting to a WiFi network is there anyway to detect that the reason I can't connect is the incorrect password (rather than one of the many other possible ...
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How to connect to a specific Wi-Fi band (2.4 GHz or 5 GHz) or channel from wpa_cli or wpa_supplicant in Linux?
I am using the Wi-Fi chip on my board. I've successfully connected to Wi-Fi in the 2.4 GHz band, but for the 5 GHz Wi-Fi band I need to select the channel or band before connecting.
What extra ...
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How can wpa_cli distinguish between WEP-Shared and WEP-Open?
If I setup an access point as WEP-Shared or WEP-Open it shows up as:
wpa_cli scan
Selected interface 'wlan0'
OK
wpa_cli scan_results
Selected interface 'wlan0'
bssid / frequency / signal level / ...
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Linux ad hoc network wpa_supplicant frequency
One of the terms I've seen defined in the wpa_supplicant for Linux devices using an ad hoc network is "frequency=2412", and I have to admit its function is obvious, but I was wondering if anyone could ...
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wpa_supplicant passphrase, can it be normal password?
I have a basic question which has been bugging me for quite some time.
I will update my router to WPA2 soon (about time) but I also want to learn to use wpa_supplicant in case I need it. I found out ...
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While using ad-hoc networking, how to I force nodes to use the same cell IDs (bssid)?
I have Debian/Ubuntu hosts that I connect via an ad-hoc network with the following settings:
board:~# cat /etc/network/interfaces
auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet static
address 10.0.0.2
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Connecting to a WPA network in Linux with a USB dongle
I'm trying to connect my computer to a wireless network in Linux Mint. I used the Windows Wireless Driver program to load the Windows XP drivers for my USB dongle, a Cisco / Linksys AE1200. After that ...
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Computer-to-Computer network between OS X and Linux
I want to make a connection point to point via wifi between Mac and Linux.
What I did was:
I have created Computer-To-Computer network in OS X
I have set manually an ip address for Mac, 10.0.0.1/255....
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wpa_supplicant : Blacklist wireless networks by BSSID
I am currently using wpa_supplicant to connect to my wireless network. The wireless network is extended with at least 30 different access points having the same SSID, and it takes a lot of time to ...
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wpa_supplicant for dual WLAN
I've got wlan0 and wlan1. Each interface should connect to a different SSID.
I would like to use wpa_supplicant for both.
I can put the two networks in /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf, but how do I tell ...
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How should I troubleshoot a problematic wireless connection on Linux?
I recently purchased a netgear 150 usb wireless dongle for use with my 11.10 Xubuntu amd64 system. Using the network-manager interface, I can see local wireless networks and enter the authentication ...
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How to connect to a WiFi from command line under Ubuntu without .conf file?
I can connect to my WiFi out of the shell by doing:
nano wireless-wpa.conf
typing:
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
network={
ssid="my_router_id"
scan_ssid=1
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
psk="...
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Wpa supplicant suddenly stopped working
Recently my wireless stopped working on my Debian testing system. It just doesn't connect. The best I get (only after a reboot) is that it says it did connect, but failed to get IP address. But ...
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