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wpa_supplicant is a WPA Supplicant for Linux, BSD, Mac OS X, and Windows with support for WPA and WPA2 (IEEE 802.11i/RSN). It is suitable for both desktop/laptop computers and embedded systems. Supplicant is the IEEE 802.1X/WPA component that is used in the client stations. It implements key negotiation with a WPA Authenticator and it controls the roaming and IEEE 802.11 authentication/association of the wlan driver.

wpa_supplicant is a WPA Supplicant for Linux, BSD, Mac OS X, and Windows with support for WPA and WPA2 (IEEE 802.11i/RSN). It is suitable for both desktop/laptop computers and embedded systems. Supplicant is the IEEE 802.1X/WPA component that is used in the client stations. It implements key negotiation with a WPA Authenticator and it controls the roaming and IEEE 802.11 authentication/association of the wlan driver.

wpa_supplicant is designed to be a "daemon" program that runs in the background and acts as the backend component controlling the wireless connection. wpa_supplicant supports separate frontend programs and a text-based frontend (wpa_cli) and a GUI (wpa_gui) are included with wpa_supplicant.

More information can be found at http://w1.fi/wpa_supplicant/.

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hostapd recent version issue, cannot set to AP mode while wpa_supplicant is running

So I had been working on a project that is able to setup an Access Point and redirect traffic through another interface (can be wired or wireless). Now there have always been issues between hostapd and wpa_supplicant, I needed to create an access…
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wpa_supplicant connects with static IP but not dhcp

Currently working on an OpenEmbedded/Yocto board, and I'm running into an issue with Wifi. Inside of interfaces, if I set a static IP, and assign it my network, gateway, netmask, and dns, it works when connecting to a specific wireless access point…
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Soft Access Point/Client Connect using wpa_supplicant with 2.4/5Ghz channels

This is a weird one. Let me start with that. I am currently working on a Yocto embedded linux board from Digi, if that matters. I have just managed to, through use of dnsmasq and wpa_supplicant, allow other devices to connect to the board. My…
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How to check device has WiFi Direct capability

I want to setup WiFi direct on my target. Output of iw list Supported interface modes: * IBSS * managed * AP Band 1: Band 2: software interface modes (can always be added): valid interface combinations: * #{ IBSS,…
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Implementation of security protocol like EAP in wpa-supplicant

I am currently trying to understand various security protocol implementation like EAP in wpa_supplicant. But its very complex way by reading wpa-supplicant-devel.pdf from w1.fi. I want to know from expert in wpa_supplicant how to start in efficient…
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Linux Kernel 3.3 not registering missed beacons with connected Access Point

I'm using linux kernel 3.3 (I cannot upgrade my kernel, sorry!) and am trying to use the wpa_cli utility to monitor the status of my WiFi connection. I'm using an Edimax WiFi dongle to connect to a wireless access point. I expect to see something…
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How to check for correct SSID password on linux

I am writing a web interface for a hardware device and am currently doing the network configuration wizard. I want to have the user choose the SSID and if it is secured, then enter a password. I want to check then and there that the password is…
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Trying to set up freeradius in eap-tls mode using wpa supplicant

I am trying to setup freeraadius in eap-tls mode. I am using freeradius as a server and wpa-supplicant as a client. I have installed both packages in Ubuntu-14.04.3. I am using the sample certificates provided along with freeradius package. I use…
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Fails to read lines from running process in bash

Using process substitution, we can get every lines of output of a command . # Echoes every seconds using process substitution while read line; do echo $line done < <(for i in $(seq 1 10); do echo $i && sleep 1; done) By the same way above, I…
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WPA_supplicant authentication implementation

I need help from someone that have some experience in playing with wpa_supplicant code. What i understand is that wpa_supplicant dose everything in order for a supplicant to connect to an AP (if that what you what). Hence the steps are as:…
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How to check wether a wifi network is secured or open using wpa_cli/wpa_supplicant or any other utility?

Wpa_cli command requires you to know in advance if a network is open or secured. I'm developing a script using wpa_cli and I just want it to connects to network whether it is open or secured , obviously if secured it should ask for password…
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Android: How to read the content of the wpa_supplicant.conf file on the rooted device?

i have the following function which should to return content of the wpa_supplicant.conf file. I tried read file by this way: public static String readTextFile() { aBuffer = ""; try { …
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switch virtualization for 802.1x?

Here the thing : I want to set a EAP-TLS 802.1x connexion with Freeradius. The freeradius server is on a vm, the host is the client. The thing is that I didn't have Wi-fi or internet connexion on my machine (no box! nothing). So I wanted to use a…
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How to enable periodic reauthentication with wpa_supplicant

I am using wpa_supplicant in an embedded box (running linux). The wpa_supplicant is working as expected but when the user certificate expires (only the user certificate and not the root certificate), the device is still running in network and not…
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WPA Supplicant build on Wince6.0

I want to build wpa supplicant for wince. As a newbie don't know how much efforts it will take ? What are the major thing i want to consider before entering into porting ? I think its working for windows xp so can…
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