Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

Rydberg · Joined: 08 Jan 2013 Posts: 14

Hi, I'm new to puppy linux (and linux overall) and would need some help.

I'm sitting in school and we have a 802.1x network (I think). However, when I was logging in from Windows is needed to enter a username and password (which i have), but when I'm trying to connect via the network manager or the Frisbee software i can't connect. The software just asks for a password, and my guess is that it connects to the network and thinks it's WPA2 encrypted.

I have no idea how to do this, so I would really appreciate any help i can get. My puppy linux is installed to my HDD, which doesn't seem normal around here...

I tried some fast searches on google and the forum but couldn't find anything I understood.

Burn_IT · Joined: 12 Aug 2006 Posts: 3004 Location: Tamworth UK

Puppy has a nasty habit of picking up any old wireless internet and tries connecting to it. So you may actually be being asked to supply a password for a "neighbor's" wireless.
You may need to select the correct connection.

Rydberg · Joined: 08 Jan 2013 Posts: 14

Are you sure that puppy Linux is fully compatible with 802.1x networks without any modifications of the network wizard?

I saw somewhere that someone had written about some wpa_supplicant thing...

Burn_IT · Joined: 12 Aug 2006 Posts: 3004 Location: Tamworth UK

I think he meant the x to be a variable of unknown value.

Rydberg · Joined: 08 Jan 2013 Posts: 14

Hm, okey. So you're saying that, if i connect correctly to the network, there should be no problems at all? Cause when you go and create a network profile, you can only choose WPA, WEP and so on802.1x (WPA2-EAP-...).

Burn_IT · Joined: 12 Aug 2006 Posts: 3004 Location: Tamworth UK

I'll need to try here from Puppy to double check this.
I can't check at the moment as my router died and I'm in the middle of setting another up and don't have ANY wireless just yet.

Rydberg · Joined: 08 Jan 2013 Posts: 14

Okay, thanks a lot!

grump · Joined: 10 Oct 2011 Posts: 124 Location: Melbourne, Oz

The OP's problem seems to be that he needs to log in to the school's Windows (or maybe Novell) network. My guess is that he needs a client in order to do so. He would definitely need one for Novell.

In the school I worked in (as computer support person) the wireless was open - there was no point in having security on the wireless routers because although you could get a wireless connection you could not see anything on the network or use the internet without being authenticated on the network or knowing the proxy server details.

Rydberg · Joined: 08 Jan 2013 Posts: 14

You're exactly right, grump. Sorry for my incompetent question, but what is Novell?

Rydberg · Joined: 08 Jan 2013 Posts: 14

Maybe I should add that it worked perfect while I was running Ubuntu for a few weeks, so I guess it's just some certificate or something that tells the adapter that you need to enter both an username and a password...

Burn_IT · Joined: 12 Aug 2006 Posts: 3004 Location: Tamworth UK

You need to use the network set up wizard.
Tell it you want wireless, then scan. It will produce a list of available connections. choose you school one and fill in/choose the options.

Flash · Posted: Wed 09 Jan 2013, 13:07 Post subject:

Rydberg, it might help if you told us which version of Puppy you're using.

Rydberg · Joined: 08 Jan 2013 Posts: 14

Rydberg · Joined: 08 Jan 2013 Posts: 14

Yes, I am running 5.4. The frisbee software says that it's going to detect encryption bu it doesn't. The strange thing is following:

When I look at all the wireless networks available I see that my schools network (LND_Elev1-1) is encrypted with [WPA2-EAP-CCMP], but when I go to the profile created automatically both Auth-Alg and Encryption is None/Open.

Any ideas why?

grump · Joined: 10 Oct 2011 Posts: 124 Location: Melbourne, Oz

Can you see the internet after you connect to the wireless?

If your computer was set up by the school techs it might have some settings in Windows to allow the browser to get through the proxy server, so have a look in the browser setting to see if it has proxy settings. If so, write them down and put them in the Puppy browser. You could sound out the school techs to see if they are interested in helping you.

For others info a school network is usually set up like a corporate network - all users have to log on to the network, and when successful a login script runs which maps network drives including the user's home directory. The small school I worked for had nearly 1000 users/clients (incl 600 student and teacher laptops), making it a as big and complex a network as would be found in many middle to large corporates.