Re: [gentoo-user] strange problem with Wifi

2024-12-27 Thread Michael
On Friday 27 December 2024 01:12:39 GMT Philip Webb wrote: > 241225 Michael wrote: > > I expect when you edit the SSID as suggested above > > you will be able to connect without using the GUI. > > Indeed ! -- that was the problem. > I've added the space & commented the 3 extra lines re keys/sec

Re: [gentoo-user] strange problem with Wifi

2024-12-26 Thread Philip Webb
241225 Michael wrote: M> Check there are no empty spaces left at the end of the strings > in any entries you edited in your wpa_supplicant.conf. P> There are none. M> I think you'll find there is at least one within the SSID - see below. P> using wpa_gui to start/stop landlord's 'Watch ... ' : >>

Re: [gentoo-user] strange problem with Wifi

2024-12-25 Thread Alexis
Philip Webb writes: Currently, it shows the correct adapter + service name & below it lists : Status : completed (station) Last message : Authentication : WPA2-PSK Encryption : CCMP + TKIP SSID : BSSID : < 12 hex digits > IP address : < 11 digits > TKIP is long deprecated du

Re: [gentoo-user] strange problem with Wifi

2024-12-25 Thread Michael
On Wednesday 25 December 2024 02:01:43 GMT Philip Webb wrote: > 241224 Michael wrote: > > Did he *only* change the SSID and password > > or did he also change the encryption and key management method ? > > Only the former : he's not skilled enough to do the latter. > I suspect that originally som

Re: [gentoo-user] strange problem with Wifi

2024-12-24 Thread William Kenworthy
On 25/12/24 10:01, Philip Webb wrote: <3>WPA: Key negotiation completed with 16:c4:a5:6b:1e:6e [PTK=CCMP GTK=CCMP] and <3>WPA: Key negotiation completed with 68:ff:7b:47:c9:13 [PTK=CCMP GTK=TKIP] The above differs between the two ... Modern wpa-supplicant auto detects sane defaults so you

Re: [gentoo-user] strange problem with Wifi

2024-12-24 Thread Philip Webb
241224 Michael wrote: > On Monday 23 December 2024 23:35:21 GMT Philip Webb wrote: >> I've encountered a strange problem logging into my local Wifi. >> There are 2 services I can use : (1) the household service, >> part of my landlord's home-office system ; (2) my cell-phone's hotspot. >> (2) is

Re: [gentoo-user] strange problem with Wifi

2024-12-24 Thread Michael
Hi Philip, On Monday 23 December 2024 23:35:21 GMT Philip Webb wrote: > I've encountered a strange problem logging into my local Wifi. > There are 2 services I can use : (1) the household service, > part of my landlord's home-office system ; (2) my cell-phone's hotspot. > (2) is ok, but trying t

[gentoo-user] strange problem with Wifi

2024-12-23 Thread Philip Webb
I've encountered a strange problem logging into my local Wifi. There are 2 services I can use : (1) the household service, part of my landlord's home-office system ; (2) my cell-phone's hotspot. (2) is ok, but trying to use (1) has been offering challenges. First, there's no problem with my hard