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A sample wpa_supplicant configuration file for eduroam; deprecated
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Works at Hogeschool Gent, Ghent, Belgium #27

Closed VictorVanWeyenberg closed 5 years ago

VictorVanWeyenberg commented 5 years ago

Just made it work at Hogeschool Gent.

The staff didn't know about this method so I'll make sure they get a reference to this repo.

Thanks a lot!

oleks commented 5 years ago

Did you try The eduroam Configuration Assistant Tool (CAT)?

VictorVanWeyenberg commented 5 years ago

Haha, that would've been handy! No, I used your the wpa_supplicant method as described in your README.md.

VictorVanWeyenberg commented 5 years ago

Shortly after I managed to get the eduroam connection it suddenly stopped working. I now tried CAT. I don't get connection and it keeps asking for my password. It doesn't say I entered wrong credentials, I only get the "Authentication required" screen.

I use Linux Mint 18.3.

oleks commented 5 years ago

Are you using the "Quick and dirty start-up" method to spin up wpa_supplicant? Because then you can omit the -B option and get more detailed information.

You can get even more detailed (debug) information, by passing in the -d or -dd option. Also, to get wpa_supplicant to write to a file instead of stdout, use the -f option. For more, see man 8 wpa_supplicant.

oleks commented 5 years ago

If you are relying on your Linux Mint installation to start up wpa_supplicant, I think you should be looking for log messages from wpa_supplicant in your syslog (i.e., /var/log/syslog). In either case, we need some more information than "suddenly stopped working" ;-)

By the way, it might have "stopped working" precisely because your system is starting one instance of wpa_supplicant, and then you manually start another using the `"Quick and dirty start-up" method. These two instances then compete for your network card, resulting in things that "suddenly" stop working.

VictorVanWeyenberg commented 5 years ago

Thanks but nevermind. I noticed I wasn't even able to connect to my home network. (It's quite an old machine.) Restarting the system solved the problem and I haven't had any problems with my connection to either my home network or eduroam. Sorry for the hassle. Everything is working fine.