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Wingpanel Network Indicator
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Support OWE (opportunistic wireless encryption) passwordless mode #254

Closed vjr closed 11 months ago

vjr commented 1 year ago

This OWE (opportunistic wireless encryption) passwordless mode is available with at least the 6 Ghz WiFi 6E band.

This PR goes with https://github.com/elementary/switchboard-plug-network/pull/341

vjr commented 1 year ago

Pushed to this branch to save my code change and leaving it in draft mode until anyone can test with WiFi 6E passwordless OWE mode in their router/AP.

I currently have a laptop with mediatek 7922 chip that fails to connect to 6E even on other distros but does display the 6E SSID with appropriate tooltip ("WPA3 encrypted" for SAE mode and "OWE unsecured" for OWE passwordless mode).

If anyone can test with working chip like Intel AX210 or better that would help.

Will need similar change to switchboard-plug-network once this branch is reviewed/accepted.

vjr commented 11 months ago

@elementary/desktop-developers I've minor update the PR to indicate to the user the OWE mode is "Passwordless encrypted" instead of "OWE unsecured" which is more appropriate and user-friendly IMHO.

Apologies for the re-review request but I've tested across older 2.4 ghz and wifi 6 and 6E (password WPA3, WPA2 and passwordless OWE modes) and these are working well.