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Guayasil
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 Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 4:54 pm Post subject: wpa_supplicant and a very short password |
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| I have to connect to some wifi network that is WPA2 secured (really?) with the password "1234". Wpa_pasphrase and wpa_supplicat reject passwords shorter than 8 bytes (must be 8..63). OK, it makes sense but... there is such stupidly configured network I need to access it and I cannot. Ant idea how to ralax this restriction? |
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idella4
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maybe you need ideas on how to relax the restriction to having to use "1234" ?
WEP also requires the same I think.
sorry.
How can a wifi network insist on a password that defies standard encryption design????
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Guayasil
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| Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 5:25 pm Post subject: |
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| idella4 wrote: | maybe you need ideas on how to relax the restriction to having to use "1234" ?
WEP also requires the same I think.
sorry.
How can a wifi network insist on a password that defies standard encryption design???? |
I'm a guest at some hotel. They have such stupid configuration. Don't ask me what for. I need to use it for one day. The funny thing is that I can connect when using Windows XP... |
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dmpogo
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| Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 5:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Try translating the passphrase to encrypted password with wpa_psk (do I remember the name of the program correctly ? don't have my laptop handy) and put the output into wpa_supplicant configuration instead of plain text password. |
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Muso
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| Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 6:17 pm Post subject: Re: wpa_supplicant and a very short password |
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| Guayasil wrote: | | I have to connect to some wifi network that is WPA2 secured (really?) with the password "1234". |
Can you change the password of the network from the router, or do you not have access to that?
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