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    • fireodoF
      fireodo @Gertjan
      last edited by

      @Gertjan said in Wi-Fi: laptop yes, phone no:

      Where did that came from ?

      I dont know - I have no Radius Server set up.

      Kettop Mi4300YL CPU: i5-4300Y @ 1.60GHz RAM: 8GB Ethernet Ports: 4
      SSD: SanDisk pSSD-S2 16GB (ZFS) WiFi: WLE200NX
      pfsense 2.8.0 CE
      Packages: Apcupsd, Cron, Iftop, Iperf, LCDproc, Nmap, pfBlockerNG, RRD_Summary, Shellcmd, Snort, Speedtest, System_Patches.

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      • fireodoF
        fireodo @stephenw10
        last edited by

        @stephenw10 said in Wi-Fi: laptop yes, phone no:

        Because it's configured for WPA Ent I imagine.

        If Ent means "Enterprise" then its not - its WPA2 with Pre-shared Key and AES

        Kettop Mi4300YL CPU: i5-4300Y @ 1.60GHz RAM: 8GB Ethernet Ports: 4
        SSD: SanDisk pSSD-S2 16GB (ZFS) WiFi: WLE200NX
        pfsense 2.8.0 CE
        Packages: Apcupsd, Cron, Iftop, Iperf, LCDproc, Nmap, pfBlockerNG, RRD_Summary, Shellcmd, Snort, Speedtest, System_Patches.

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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          Huh, interesting. Checking....

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            mrkaban @fireodo
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            @fireodo said in Wi-Fi: laptop yes, phone no:

            @mrkaban said in Wi-Fi: laptop yes, phone no:

            There is nothing in the firewall log from the WLAN interface (wireless network).

            When my Android Smartphone connects I see this in wireless log:

            Apr 2 15:24:00	hostapd	35016	ath0_wlan0: STA 00:27:15:3d:db:a7 IEEE 802.1X: unauthorizing port
            Apr 2 15:24:00	hostapd	35016	ath0_wlan0: STA 00:27:15:3d:db:a7 WPA: event 2 notification
            Apr 2 15:24:00	hostapd	35016	ath0_wlan0: STA 00:27:15:3d:db:a7 IEEE 802.11: disassociated
            Apr 2 15:23:46	hostapd	35016	ath0_wlan0: STA 00:27:15:3d:db:a7 WPA: pairwise key handshake completed (RSN)
            Apr 2 15:23:46	hostapd	35016	ath0_wlan0: STA 00:27:15:3d:db:a7 RADIUS: starting accounting session 665BCC0E11586A5E
            Apr 2 15:23:46	hostapd	35016	ath0_wlan0: STA 00:27:15:3d:db:a7 IEEE 802.1X: authorizing port
            Apr 2 15:23:46	hostapd	35016	ath0_wlan0: STA 00:27:15:3d:db:a7 WPA: received EAPOL-Key frame (4/4 Pairwise)
            Apr 2 15:23:46	hostapd	35016	ath0_wlan0: STA 00:27:15:3d:db:a7 WPA: sending 3/4 msg of 4-Way Handshake
            Apr 2 15:23:46	hostapd	35016	ath0_wlan0: STA 00:27:15:3d:db:a7 WPA: received EAPOL-Key frame (2/4 Pairwise)
            Apr 2 15:23:46	hostapd	35016	ath0_wlan0: STA 00:27:15:3d:db:a7 WPA: sending 1/4 msg of 4-Way Handshake
            Apr 2 15:23:46	hostapd	35016	ath0_wlan0: STA 00:27:15:3d:db:a7 IEEE 802.1X: unauthorizing port
            Apr 2 15:23:46	hostapd	35016	ath0_wlan0: STA 00:27:15:3d:db:a7 WPA: start authentication
            Apr 2 15:23:46	hostapd	35016	ath0_wlan0: STA 00:27:15:3d:db:a7 WPA: event 1 notification
            Apr 2 15:23:46	hostapd	35016	ath0_wlan0: STA 00:27:15:3d:db:a7 IEEE 802.11: associated
            

            (MAC Adress is edited)

            and where exactly do you see these statistics? Status \ System Logs \ System \ Wireless connection

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            • fireodoF
              fireodo @mrkaban
              last edited by fireodo

              @mrkaban said in Wi-Fi: laptop yes, phone no:

              and where exactly do you see these statistics? Status \ System Logs \ System \ Wireless connection

              Exact there! (Highlighted)

              Kettop Mi4300YL CPU: i5-4300Y @ 1.60GHz RAM: 8GB Ethernet Ports: 4
              SSD: SanDisk pSSD-S2 16GB (ZFS) WiFi: WLE200NX
              pfsense 2.8.0 CE
              Packages: Apcupsd, Cron, Iftop, Iperf, LCDproc, Nmap, pfBlockerNG, RRD_Summary, Shellcmd, Snort, Speedtest, System_Patches.

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              • stephenw10S
                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                last edited by

                Yes I see the same.
                You should also see it in Status > Wireless

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                  mrkaban @stephenw10
                  last edited by mrkaban

                  @stephenw10 said in Wi-Fi: laptop yes, phone no:

                  Yes I see the same.
                  You should also see it in Status > Wireless

                  It took me a moment to realize that the most recent ones were from below. Here's what appears after trying to connect from your phone:

                  alt text

                  not in the form of a picture, antispam does not allow you to write

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                  • fireodoF
                    fireodo @mrkaban
                    last edited by

                    @mrkaban said in Wi-Fi: laptop yes, phone no:

                    Here's what appears after trying to connect from your phone:

                    I see there:

                    EAPOL-Key timeout
                    

                    and I interprete that like the Authentication is not coming from your device - is that smartphone logging in correctly in a other access point?

                    Kettop Mi4300YL CPU: i5-4300Y @ 1.60GHz RAM: 8GB Ethernet Ports: 4
                    SSD: SanDisk pSSD-S2 16GB (ZFS) WiFi: WLE200NX
                    pfsense 2.8.0 CE
                    Packages: Apcupsd, Cron, Iftop, Iperf, LCDproc, Nmap, pfBlockerNG, RRD_Summary, Shellcmd, Snort, Speedtest, System_Patches.

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                      last edited by

                      Also I assume if you login from the laptop the logs look the same as we see?

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                        mrkaban @stephenw10
                        last edited by

                        @stephenw10 said in Wi-Fi: laptop yes, phone no:

                        Also I assume if you login from the laptop the logs look the same as we see?

                        It connects to all other Wi-fi points from the phone without problems.

                        This is what I see when I connect from my laptop:

                        alt text

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                        • stephenw10S
                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                          last edited by

                          Possible the phone is restricted to WPA3 only? Other APs you tested against are WPA2?

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                            mrkaban @stephenw10
                            last edited by

                            @stephenw10 said in Wi-Fi: laptop yes, phone no:

                            Possible the phone is restricted to WPA3 only? Other APs you tested against are WPA2?

                            Currently connected to a wireless network with WPA2-PSK

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                            • stephenw10S
                              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                              last edited by

                              @fireodo said in Wi-Fi: laptop yes, phone no:

                              rtl8192ce

                              What driver is that using? rtwn(4)? Is that USB or PCI connected?

                              What does sysctl dev.rtwn.0.hwcrypto show?

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                                mrkaban @stephenw10
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                                @stephenw10 said in Wi-Fi: laptop yes, phone no:

                                sysctl dev.rtwn.0.hwcrypto

                                If you run "Diagnostics \ Command Prompt" here, then the output:

                                dev.rtwn.0.hwcrypto: 1

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                                • stephenw10S
                                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                  last edited by

                                  Hmm, well I don't think that hardware crypto applies to WPA2 but try disabling that with:
                                  sysctl dev.rtwn.0.hwcrypto=0

                                  Unclear if that applies immediately.

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                                    mrkaban @stephenw10
                                    last edited by

                                    @stephenw10 said in Wi-Fi: laptop yes, phone no:

                                    Hmm, well I don't think that hardware crypto applies to WPA2 but try disabling that with:
                                    sysctl dev.rtwn.0.hwcrypto=0

                                    Unclear if that applies immediately.

                                    Completed, the output was:

                                    sysctl: oid 'dev.rtwn.0.hwcrypto' is a read only tunable
                                    sysctl: Tunable values are set in /boot/loader.conf

                                    Of course I rebooted and tried. And only after the failure did I read what exactly he was writing.

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                                    • stephenw10S
                                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                                      Yup run: echo dev.rtwn.0.hwcrypto=0 >> /boot/loader.conf.local

                                      Then reboot.

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                                        mrkaban @stephenw10
                                        last edited by

                                        @stephenw10 said in Wi-Fi: laptop yes, phone no:

                                        Yup run: echo dev.rtwn.0.hwcrypto=0 >> /boot/loader.conf.local

                                        Then reboot.

                                        As before, it does not pass authentication. He says that the password is incorrect, but it is definitely correct.

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                                        • stephenw10S
                                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                          last edited by

                                          Running sysctl dev.rtwn.0.hwcrypto shows it's correctly disabled?

                                          Hmm, I didn't really expect that make any difference in WPA2 unless it had a broken AES/TKIP implementation perhaps.

                                          Do you have an older Android you could test with? I'm not aware of any particular issue with Android 14 but I don't have a device to test with right now.

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                                            mrkaban @stephenw10
                                            last edited by

                                            @stephenw10 said in Wi-Fi: laptop yes, phone no:

                                            Running sysctl dev.rtwn.0.hwcrypto shows it's correctly disabled?

                                            Hmm, I didn't really expect that make any difference in WPA2 unless it had a broken AES/TKIP implementation perhaps.

                                            Do you have an older Android you could test with? I'm not aware of any particular issue with Android 14 but I don't have a device to test with right now.

                                            I don't have it on my hands, but I'll try to find it and check it out.

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