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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 2.7.2 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 2.7.2 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 2.7.2 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
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                                      @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
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                                        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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                                            mrkaban @stephenw10
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                                            @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.

                                            You're right, it connects to android 4 phones without any problems. There are problems with Android 13 and 14 from different manufacturers. What can I try to do?

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