Dynamic WEP rekeying and windows XP...

[Oleg Izhvanov]

Hi,

Here is the link that might be useful for you:

http://www.open1x.org/links.html


Erik Brakkee wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Jouni Malinen wrote:
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> On Sun, Jul 27, 2003 at 08:33:04PM +0200, Erik Brakkee wrote:
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> My wireless LAN is working flawlessly with WEP encryption enabled but 
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> without
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> dynamic WEB rekeying. Nevertheless, as soon as I switch on dynamic WEP 
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> rekeying
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> in the hostapd.conf file, I can still connect with windows XP to my 
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> wireless network,
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> but an IP address is not assigned ('ipconfig' shows 0.0.0.0) .
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> Do you mean it was working with IEEE 802.1X, but without dynamic WEP
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> keying?
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> It was working with 802.11b without dynamic WEP keying
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> I made the following changes to the hostapd.conf file:
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>    wep_key_len_broadcast =5
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>    wep_key_len_unicast=5
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>    wep_rekey_period=300
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> Are these the only changes you did to the attached hostapd.conf?
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> Yes these are the only changes I made.
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> What other configuration steps should I use in order to get the dynamic 
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> WEP rekeying function to
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> work? Should this work with a Linux/Windows XP combination?
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> Dynamic WEP keying requires IEEE 802.1X. The attached hostapd.conf does
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> not have it enabled. You will need to set ieee8021x=1 and configure 
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> RADIUS server for IEEE 802.1X use (auth_server_* in hostapd.conf).
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> Ok, I read something about 802.1X, and this involves the EAP protocol and a Radius server.
> I understand the basic principle of a radius server because I have encountered this earlier 
> (at work). However, I don't know exactly how to set this up.
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> Right now I am using iwconfig to specify the key. 
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> Where can I find information on setting up a radius server for 802.1X? 
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> Cheers
>   Erik
> 

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Best Regards, Oleg Izhvanov <oizhvanov at rfmd.com>