Wpa supplicant: Difference between revisions

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Where you need to change the <code>wlan0</code> with your own wifi network interface. You can list your interfaces by running <code>ip link</code>, your wifi network interface should have "wl" prepended. Note that the above snippet fully randomizes your MAC address, for more information you can read macchanger's manpage. This obviously requires you to have the <code>macchanger</code> package installed.

== ~~Eduroam~~ ==

== [[eduroam]] ==

Nowadays, using EAP-PWD is preferred over MSCHAPv2 when connecting to eduroam or other institutional networks. It provides stronger [https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5931#page-35 security claims] and is simpler to set up. It also never transmits your password, doesn't require certificates and needs less authentication roundtrips. The identity and password should be given to you by your institution.

Nowadays, using EAP-PWD is preferred over MSCHAPv2 when connecting to [[eduroam]] or other institutional networks. It provides stronger [https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5931#page-35 security claims] and is simpler to set up. It also never transmits your password, doesn't require certificates and needs less authentication roundtrips. The identity and password should be given to you by your institution.

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 Where you need to change the <code>wlan0</code> with your own wifi network interface. You can list your interfaces by running <code>ip link</code>, your wifi network interface should have "wl" prepended. Note that the above snippet fully randomizes your MAC address, for more information you can read macchanger's manpage. This obviously requires you to have the <code>macchanger</code> package installed.
-== Eduroam ==
+== [[eduroam]] ==
-Nowadays, using EAP-PWD is preferred over MSCHAPv2 when connecting to eduroam or other institutional networks. It provides stronger [https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5931#page-35 security claims] and is simpler to set up. It also never transmits your password, doesn't require certificates and needs less authentication roundtrips. The identity and password should be given to you by your institution.
+Nowadays, using EAP-PWD is preferred over MSCHAPv2 when connecting to [[eduroam]] or other institutional networks. It provides stronger [https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5931#page-35 security claims] and is simpler to set up. It also never transmits your password, doesn't require certificates and needs less authentication roundtrips. The identity and password should be given to you by your institution.
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