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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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_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 ...
35 votes
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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 ...
11 votes
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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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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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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 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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