wifi 802.11 wpa2-enterprise under 1.1.9.28 - 2.0.0.10

Hi, the Problem is, that WPA2-Enterprise is not implemented in the GUI. But you can connect to those Networks by using a custom configuration file for connman. Here you find some information about connecting to a Network Similar to yours, but with another authentification method.

I hope this helps. If not, i could try to provide you with a configuration file and steps to install it into your system.

Regards, Hades

Thanks, I looked at that entry, but the file structure and content under 1.1.9.28 is quite different to what is given there. I will do the updates that have just been released and then look at this again.

At least for me the configuration file I created for a WPA2 Enterprise network ages ago (I don't even remember on which version) still works on 2.0.0.10 and it did all the way there. Might be worth giving it a shot even though the standard format has changed.

Well I've tried the old format config file and tried to hack together the new one as well, but neither seems to work. Of course I'm guessing a bit with the new one. I made it like this:

1. create new directory /var/lib/connman/wifi_xxxxxx_yyyyyy_managed_psk, where xxxxxx is the wlan MAC address of the phone and yyyyyy is the SSID of the network

2. in this directory create a file called settings which contains:

[wifi_xxxxxx_yyyyyy_managed_psk]

SSID=yyyyyy

Name=network name

Frequency=2462

Favorite=false

AutoConnect=false

IPv4.method=dhcp

IPv4.DHCP.LastAddress=aaa.bb.c.dd

IPv6.method=auto

IPv6.privacy=prefered

EAP=peap

Phase2=MSCHAPV2

Identity=myid

Passphrase=mypassword

.

The ip address is of the network I'm trying to connect to.

So where have I gone wrong?

Hi Jonah,

I did some digging and found the official documentation for the config-files (HERE). I am not sure, whether this helps, but you could look into the Exaples-section.

The thing, I think connman needs most is the Authentication-method (you used "EAP=peap" in the config above). Could you ask some administrator of your Network which method they use? Or do You have access to another wifi-client, a laptop or some coworkers phone, to check if there is the EAP displayed?

Regards

Hades

I agree with @Hades0299 that the EAP method is one thing you should investigate. Another thing might be the CA certificate. At least in my case I had to give a dedicated line for it in the config file in order to make the connection work.

The network is definitely peap according to other devices that connect to it. Adding the CA cert also makes no difference. I have tried removing some lines from the settings file that appear to be superfluous, but to no avail.

Looking at the system journal I can see service.connect() is returning "Invalid arguments". So I assume something in the config file is wrong, but it doesn't say what is invalid and so far staring at it hasn't helped....

So the journal isn't very helpful here. Maybe checking one parameter at a time might be the key to a solution. By the way: I'm not exactly certain about the syntax in these config files, but in the one you posted above, there is a line which says "IPv6.privacy=prefered". Might be a typo, because at least in standard English "preferred" is spelled with a double r.