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Which Layer of the OSI model is responsible for encryption in WLANS?

Since WEP and WPA/WPA2 encrypt the payload of 802.11 MAC frames and we know that MAC goes under the Data Link Layer (Layer 2), can we also assume that encryption occurs in Layer 2 as well? At least with protocols such as HTTPS I know for sure that…
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WPA2-Enterprise vs. Captive Portal, which is more preferable?

My school runs our WiFi network on Aruba Controllers, some of the access points are Aruba-branded and is managed. Others are D-Link branded, and need configuration one by one if needed. We run our authentication on Captive Portal now, and is now…
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Wifi Drops Connections with WPA2-PSK

I run a small computer lab made up of 10 computers of identical hardware and software (Dell Latitudes with Windows 7 x64 Enterprise) and I use a ZyWALL 2WG as a router/firewall. Nine of the computers connect to the router over wifi using WPA2-PSK…
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Make WPA2 enterprise connect before login?

I'm connecting my Windows XP SP3 clients to a WPA2 Enterprise secured wifi network. The WiFi network is secured using an external RADIUS server with PEAP/MSCHAPv2 as the authentication method. The problem is that the wireless only connects after a…
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WPA2 Enterprise: no risks for preconfigured clients when it comes to Rogue APs?

We are using, as default, PEAP and MS-CHAPv2 as inner authentication. I was concerned with security risks when it comes to rogue APs but a colleague told me that there are no risks for preconfigured clients. He told me there are risks only for…
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Not Getting speed in Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac

I got 50MB/s speed in Station mode but using AP mode I got only 8MB/s to 10MB/s How to increase my Transfer speed Details: WiFi Card = Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac OS = Ubunut 16 Hostapd = 2.6 $ iw reg get country CH: DFS-ETSI (2402 -…
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Asus AC5300 WPA2 enterprise hourly disconnection

I have an Asus RT-AC5300 running the latest stock firmware setup with WPA2 Entreprise. I can connect to the Wi-Fi with the radius server without any issue but I get disconnected every single hour. I set the network key rotation interval to 0 on all…
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Same version after patching wpa_supplicant 2.4

Why is the version number of wpa_supplicant not increased, when I look with 'man wpa_supplicant' at the bottom it says 16 October 2017 but with 'wpa_supplicant -v' I see v2.4, which is especially vulnerable for KRACK attacks.
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pfSense WPA2 auth loop of death

I'm using a modern pfSense: FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE-p19 FreeBSD #1 76a12c4e6(RELENG_2_3_4): Fri Jul 14 15:02:35 CDT 2017 with this wireless chip: ral0: at device 0.0 on pci3 ral0: MAC/BBP RT3090 (rev 0x3213), RF RT3020 (MIMO…
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Purchasing a certificate for Freeradius / WPA-Enterprise

I'm moving my WiFi to WPA-Enterprise, using a Freeradius server that authenticates with our Samba 4 directory. I'm currently using a self-signed certificate, but want to move to a purchased certificate instead. I understand the proper way would be…
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Freeradius auth error message

How can I set up a message sent to the user when enters a bad credentials to WPA2-Enterprise network? I am now using Freeradius and when I enter bad password, it says nothing, but Windows throws "You cannot connect to this network". This is a bit…
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Enable access for wireless devices without WPA2 Enterprise

I work as a system administrator managing the internet of a dorm. We are running a wireless network with WPA2 Enterprise authentication. Some people have been asking how to connect devices such as the chromecast, PS3/4, printers etc. that do no…
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WPA2 enterprise: username/password-prompt-less setup on a mixed network: XP/SP3, Mac OS X, Linux, iOS

I asked a question recently about setting up WPA2 enterprise, and I have a couple of ancillary questions. First, regarding the use of the OpenSSL cnf files for the certificate generation. I have a number of them in /etc/raddb/certs, which came in…
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Which EAP (if any) is default in an Access Point out of the box?

I am reading about the WPA2 protocol. The authentication step uses 802.1X protocol which in turn uses the EAP framework; in which a so called 'EAP method' does the authentication (diagram from book). The WPA2 certification requires the following EAP…
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How to use WPA2 client mode in the Linux-based Cisco WAP4410N access point

I have a Cisco WAP4410N access point that I want to use as a client to connect to a WPA2 wireless network (for WLAN service monitoring purposes). Supposedly this access point supports a "Wireless Client/Repeater" mode that allows to do this. The…
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