1 [[!meta title="Using wicd on UCR's WPA network"]]
3 UC Riverside's wireless network uses WPA-EAP for the encrypted
4 network. [The unencrypted network does a https based browser capture.]
5 Unfortunately, none of the default wicd encryption templates support
6 the precise brand of WPA that the network does, so you have to make
7 your own template. Luckily, wicd makes this fairly simple:
9 Create a new template, say, `/etc/wicd/encryption/templates/eap-only`,
10 with appropriate contents.
13 author = Don Armstrong
15 require identity *Identity passwd *Password
18 ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
26 Then tell wicd about this new template by editing
27 `/etc/wicd/encryption/templates/active` and adding `eap-only` to the
28 existing list of templates, and restart wicd `/etc/init.d/wicd
30 [I'm not sure if restarting wicd is necessary, but it shouldn't hurt.]
32 Finally, configure the network using the appropriate wicd interface as
35 [[!tag debian tech wicd ucr]]