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Setting up RADIUS + LDAP for WPA2 on Ubuntu

I'm setting up a wireless network for ~150 users. In short, I'm looking for a guide to set RADIUS server to authenticate WPA2 against a LDAP. On Ubuntu. I got a working LDAP, but as it is not in production use, it can very easily be adapted to…
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WEP or WPA what should I use for my WiFi networks connection

Which protocol should I use and why?
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Security considerations of WPA versus WPA2?

As we replacing our existing WEP infrastructure across multiple offices, we are weighing the value of upgrading to WPA versus WPA2 (both PSK). We have several different types of devices that do not support WPA2, so moving to that protocol has…
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Can two users on an 802.11n network with WPA/WPA2 intercept each other's traffic?

I know that WPA/WPA2 encryption is a pretty good safeguard against snooping by people outside a wireless network. But can someone in the network (i.e. who has been given the shared key) monitor/intercept the traffic (e.g. plain http browsing) of…
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Meraki wireless access point disconnects clients

We have a Meraki MR16 Cloud Managed AP and it disconnects certain clients. The clients with Intel wireless cards work without any disconnects. The Meraki reports the follow in its event log: Sep 4 09:55:47 WPA authentication Sep 4…
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Extend wireless LAN with several access points?

To extend the area of my wireless LAN I thought on buying a couple of wireless access points and giving them the same SSID + Security (WPA2) + Channel and all connecting them by LAN with the same network. Now my question is: Could there be…
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hostapd, rtl8192se and wpa not working: EAPOL-Key Timeout

Ubuntu 12.04.2, 3.2.0-49-generic, x64 hostapd from saucy (hostapd_1.0-3ubuntu2_amd64) Have tried from precise-updates as well to no avail. You can see in the debug output below, hostapd sends the EAPOL-Key request to the client, but hears nothing…
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Is WEP used in conjunction with a wireless access list adequate security?

I use a Netgear wireless router, with various wireless devices connecting to it. One of my wireless devices doesn't support WPA2 security, so I had to downgrade the security on the router to WEP. We all know WEP is broken, so as an added measure I…
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Is it possible to use WPA Enterprise Mode without having to use or issue certificates?

Scenario... I have a wireless network that students use for Internet access. Each student has an Active Directory account. Is it possible to configure my APs to require them to use there AD credentials to connect to the network? If so, does that…
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Interpreting WPR traces in trying to better network throughput

In trying to analyze a 3thparty application's throughput we have collected a WPR trace on two systems. One has Symantecs Intrusion Detection System enabled, the other one has not. Following observations for the system with Intrusion Detection System…
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Wireless configuration file

Vista now appears to support automatic wireless key distribution through USB disks. To see this in action, attempt to connect to a secure access point (that you don't have a key for) and when it asks for a key, insert a USB drive. It reports that…
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Configure FreeRADIUS with Active Driectory allow specific group of users to authenticate

In order to authenticate WiFi clients I use a FreeRADIUS server configured to check for user credentials in an Active Directory environment. Currently all users with a valid account are authenticated but I want a specific set of users, configured in…
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Is there any point securing a "guest" wifi network with WPA?

We have a guest wifi network setup on a separate VLAN, using an open connection (e.g. NO wpa/wep). A (semi-technical) customer recently complained that he wasn't happy about his traffic not being encrypted, I gave him the usual advice that if…
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CentOS 6 WiFi using NetworkManager and Without GUI tools

I am using CentOS 6, trying desperately to get Wifi working via a ifcfg-wlan0 file and fudging with /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf. I do not have an X server, so I do not want to use the GUI tools. How can I configure NetworkManager to have…
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Can a WPA key be shorter than 8 characters?

I was helping a person with his computer today, and he was convinced that his router's WPA key was 7 characters (with some brand of consumer router). He has been able to connect with this on a number of computers, but when stepping him through it…
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