Linux WPA
These instructions assume that you are running Ubuntu 6.06 or newer.
Fedora Core 5 users can also use these instructions by first
installing NetworkManger.
If you do not see a network icon near your power information in gnome,
you’ll need to install network–manager–gnome.
After installing the package, log out, log back in, and network manager
should appear. For Network Manager to work, you’ll want to edit
/etc/network/interfaces and comment out all ‘auto’ configuration
directives that do not reference ‘lo’.
Next, left click on the network manager icon and choose “Connect to
other wireless network...”. Then, enter “EECS-WPA” for
the network name and choose “WPA Enterprise” for wireless
security. The dialog box will change to look like the one below. Enter
the username given by the wireless access tool in the identity text entry
box. Enter the password in the password text entry box. Lastly, choose
CA Certificate File and choose /etc/ssl/certs/Thawte_Premium_Server_CA.pem.
Click connect to attempt a connection.
Advanced Instructions
If you are using wpa_supplicant directly, this configuration should help you
configure your wireless connection. Since there are many ways to install
and configure wireless networking on Linux, we will not provide user support
for this method –– only the NetworkManager method.
network={
ssid="EECS-WPA"
proto=WPA
key_mgmt=WPA-EAP
pairwise=TKIP
eap=PEAP
identity="user-cs"
password="password"
ca_cert="/etc/ssl/certs/Thawte_Premium_Server_CA.pem"
subject_match="CN=wireless.cs.umn.edu"
phase2="auth=MSCHAPV2"
}
Your location of the Thawte_Premium_Server_CA.pem file may vary. If you
are using a Debian-based OS, you may have to install the
“ca–certificates” package. Otherwise, you can download
the file at the thawte Root Certificates Download page.
Unzip the file and and copy “Thawte Server Roots/ThawtePremiumServerCA_b64.txt”
to somewhere on the root drive and make it world-readable. Point ca_cert to
this file.
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