---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Abhinay Evani <abhinay@xxxxxx> Date: Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 3:46 PM Subject: Re: 802.1x on Ubuntu Hardy! To: Justin Kaufman <jkaufman@xxxxxx> I don't seem to understand the mailing list the BU LUG has. If possible please forward the e-mail to them as they may come up with better ideas. Justin Kaufman wrote: > You may want to share this with the BU Linux Users Group. > > On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 2:45 PM, Abhinay Evani <abhinay@xxxxxx <mailto: > abhinay@xxxxxx>> wrote: > > I don't know if anyone has got 802.1x on Ubuntu Hardy before but I > seem to have found a way to do so. It probably involves more > effort than what is required to set up VPN for 123 in Ubuntu which > defeats the whole point of using 802.1x. But, I just wanted to let > you guys know. > > > 1. Update Ubuntu-Hardy using the update manager. Apply all the > recent updates. (This will most likely mess up Compiz users as > there is a bug in the recent updates for Ubuntu that will mess up > Compiz-Fusion.) > > 2. Right click the network manager icon in the system tray and > select 802.1x. If something hasn't gone very wrong a dialog window > will pop up asking for your credentials and the connection > details. Select WPA enterprise at the security option drop-down > menu. And select PEAP under EAP method option drop-down menu. Type > your username where it says "Identity" and the password where it > says "Password" (Right below Identity not where it says private key). > > > 3. Once done hit connect it will struggle for a while but will > eventually connect. Here on, you should be golden until you try to > disconnect/ access another network. Which if you do, you will not > be able to connect again to 802.1x. > > 4. Now if you do want to connect again, reboot your computer. > Right click network manager icon, select edit wireless networks, > select 802.1x and remove it (i.e. delete the settings for 802.1x.). > > 5. Once you have completed step 4. Repeat steps 1 and 2. It might > not work right away. If it stalls at the point where it says > "Waiting for network key" when you hover over the network-manager > icon, simply delete the settings for 802.1x again and retry > steps 1 and 2. It will eventually work as it does on my computer. > > > Like I said this is too much work. Maybe someone can find a better > way to get it working. Like running a script that clears the > wireless network settings entirely for 802.1x etc.. > > > Either the above method works for you on Ubuntu-Hardy or I have > done something to my version that I can't remember which is making > it work. Either way, it is worth the try (I guess..). Let me know > if it works. > > > Abhinay > > > >