WPA Enterprise Without Certificate

[sunburstgl]

Hello, I just installed PC-BSD and I'm really liking it.
The one problem I am having is that my school's wireless network is WPA-Enterprise PEAP, but they don't use certificates.

I've added the wireless network, but when I configure it and select WPA Enterprise, it requires that I enter a certificate.

Is there any way around this?

Thank you.

[kmoore134]

I'll take a look at fixing that for 9, but in the meantime you can edit
/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf and take out the cert stuff, assuming you enter
a bogus one for now

[stelyian]

Hi,

i am new to this forum. Hmm, the thing is that i also use pc-bsd
on my primary computer in school and the school network is also
using wpa enterprise without an certificate , so is there any way
around this? Because, it won't let connect, but keeps asking for a
certificate ?!

Wpa_supplicant doesn't have an option certificate, there is nothing to remove ?

thanks,
stelyian

[BillC]

Hello,

I have a similar problem: at home WPA and WPA2 Personal and at work:

Security: WPA and WPA2 Enterprise
Authentication: Protected EAP (PEAP)
CA Certificate: None
PEAP version: automatic
Inner authentication: MSCHAPv2

The PCBSD graphical network configuration tool does not allow no CA certificate...

Using the examples in the wpa_supplicant man page (man wpa_supplicant) and the further explanation in wpa_supplicant.conf(5) (man 5 wpa_supplicant.conf) I modified my /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf file as follows and PCBSD now successfully connects to both networks

ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant

# Home
network={
 ssid="home_network"
 priority=1
 scan_ssid=1
 psk="pass_phrase"
}

# Work
network={
 ssid="work_network"
 scan_ssid=1
 key_mgmt=WPA-EAP
 eap=PEAP
 identity="username"
 password="pass_phrase"
# ca_cert=""
 phase1="peaplabel=0"
 phase2="auth=MSCHAPV2"
}

Note that the line ca_cert="" could of course be removed.

I hope this helps,
Bill