I've got a question regarding WLAN _client_ mode: Is it possible to use WPA Enterprise (to be exactly: EAP-TTLS/PAP) as authentication method? I.e. using wpa_supplicant in a custom script or so?
Thank you for your advice,
Stefan
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2009-03-21
Hi Stefan,
as far as I know the current bitswitcher release does not support WPA/WPA2 Enterprise authentication when the WLAN module is set-up as a client. I wasn't able to set up such a configuration. However, this would be very desirable.
I have the following problem: My university supports eduroam (http://www.eduroam.org/). In my student appartment, I can access the university's wireless LAN using my username and password. If my W500V WLAN router could support WPA2 Enterprise encryption as a client, I could connect it to the university's network and finally I would have VoIP port at home. At present, I simply use a soft phone together with one of the VoIP numbers that my parents' DSL account provides. With the W500V bitswitcher client, I wouldn't need any extra phone line.
When browsing around the web, I found the following hints.
In principle, the Broadcom BCM 4318 WLAN chip is capable to use WPA/WPA2 Enterprise when operating as a client. As far as I understand, the configuration program "nas" (http://wiki.openwrt.org/OpenWrtDocs/nas) is a proprietary, closed source tool. Thus, there is hardly any chance to use this tool to set-up the desired Enterprise encryption scheme in the bitswitcher firmware.
Besides "nas" there is another tool called "wlctl". Unfortunately, with both tools I had no chance to enable the WPA/WPA2 Enterprise when my W500V operates as a WLAN client.
Hopefully, somebody has some more promising information.
Best regards,
Miachael
P.s.: The measurement unit of the SNR is wrong. The SNR is the signal to noise ratio. As such it measures the difference between the received signal strength and the noise floor. The received signal strength can be measured in dBm (dB compared to 1mW). The same goes for the noise. So, the ratio between the received signal strength and the noise is "signal - noise" = "x dBm - y dBm = dB". Thus, the SNR cannot be a level of power (dBm) but it's a ratio and a ratio can be expressed as "dB".
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thank you for your reply. Accessing eduroam is my goal, too. I recently found a nice description for OpenWRT, maybe/hopefully this is possible with BS, too:
Hi!
I've got a question regarding WLAN _client_ mode: Is it possible to use WPA Enterprise (to be exactly: EAP-TTLS/PAP) as authentication method? I.e. using wpa_supplicant in a custom script or so?
Thank you for your advice,
Stefan
Hi Stefan,
as far as I know the current bitswitcher release does not support WPA/WPA2 Enterprise authentication when the WLAN module is set-up as a client. I wasn't able to set up such a configuration. However, this would be very desirable.
I have the following problem: My university supports eduroam (http://www.eduroam.org/). In my student appartment, I can access the university's wireless LAN using my username and password. If my W500V WLAN router could support WPA2 Enterprise encryption as a client, I could connect it to the university's network and finally I would have VoIP port at home. At present, I simply use a soft phone together with one of the VoIP numbers that my parents' DSL account provides. With the W500V bitswitcher client, I wouldn't need any extra phone line.
When browsing around the web, I found the following hints.
In principle, the Broadcom BCM 4318 WLAN chip is capable to use WPA/WPA2 Enterprise when operating as a client. As far as I understand, the configuration program "nas" (http://wiki.openwrt.org/OpenWrtDocs/nas) is a proprietary, closed source tool. Thus, there is hardly any chance to use this tool to set-up the desired Enterprise encryption scheme in the bitswitcher firmware.
Besides "nas" there is another tool called "wlctl". Unfortunately, with both tools I had no chance to enable the WPA/WPA2 Enterprise when my W500V operates as a WLAN client.
Hopefully, somebody has some more promising information.
Best regards,
Miachael
P.s.: The measurement unit of the SNR is wrong. The SNR is the signal to noise ratio. As such it measures the difference between the received signal strength and the noise floor. The received signal strength can be measured in dBm (dB compared to 1mW). The same goes for the noise. So, the ratio between the received signal strength and the noise is "signal - noise" = "x dBm - y dBm = dB". Thus, the SNR cannot be a level of power (dBm) but it's a ratio and a ratio can be expressed as "dB".
Hi Miachael,
thank you for your reply. Accessing eduroam is my goal, too. I recently found a nice description for OpenWRT, maybe/hopefully this is possible with BS, too:
http://blog.jozjan.net/2008/12/wrt54gl-as-8021x-client-aka.html
I really like to avoid buying a WRT54GL by some hacking on BS ;)
Regards,
Stefan
Hi Stefan,
thanks for your quick reply. That's just perfect. Your kind support is tremendous. Much better than any commercial support.
The link you sent sounds very promising. Hopefully that'll provide a solution for the bitswitcher project too. I appreciate your awesome work!
Best regards,
Guido