[Ndiswrapper-general] hidden network works

[Jeff Sadowski <jeff_sadowski@ya...>]

I thought that since my schools network was hidden
that the key was entered like so
iwconfig wlan0 key restricted <key>
and when I then tryed to set the essid it failed
but it worked when trying open.

iwconfig wlan0 key open <key>
iwconfig wlan0 essid <essid>
dhcpcd wlan0

all worked great I can now tell just about anyone
how to get wireless networks working in linux.

This is an awsome project and works great.
Thanks for the great project. :D

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[Ndiswrapper-general] hidden network works

[Jeff Sadowski <jeff_sadowski@ya...>]

I thought that since my schools network was hidden
that the key was entered like so
iwconfig wlan0 key restricted <key>
and when I then tryed to set the essid it failed
but it worked when trying open.

iwconfig wlan0 key open <key>
iwconfig wlan0 essid <essid>
dhcpcd wlan0

all worked great I can now tell just about anyone
how to get wireless networks working in linux.

This is an awsome project and works great.
Thanks for the great project. :D

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Re: [Ndiswrapper-general] hidden network works

[<listmember@or...>]

> I thought that since my schools network was hidden
> that the key was entered like so
> iwconfig wlan0 key restricted <key>
> and when I then tryed to set the essid it failed
> but it worked when trying open.
>
> iwconfig wlan0 key open <key>
> iwconfig wlan0 essid <essid>
> dhcpcd wlan0

open and restricted has nothing to do with 'hidden'. Open/Restricted are
related to authentication. Hidden is related to SSID broadcasts.

It is stupid for the school to not advertise their network name in the
SSID broadcasts as it makes roaming between various AP in the school
problematic and it is just a couple of minutes of sniffing the wireles
network to discover the SSID anyway (especially on a network where 802.11
associate messages a bound like the school) SSID is a must for 802.11
associate frames.

Correct way to protect network is to use WPA (not WPA-PSK). If not all
clients can do WPA, as interim solution 802.1x with Dynamic keying (PEAP,
EAP-TLS, EAP-TTLS) can be used (WPA is based partly on 802.1x)

Regards,
Tolunay