How do I get on the WSU wireless network?
The original Cisco vpnclient and the PPTP VPN wireless connection methods are still supported, but IT is requesting that people migrate to WPA-PEAP as it is rolled out. The LUG recommends PEAP for all users who can access it.
Distribution specific instructions
Please choose the configuration that most closely matches your setup:
- Ubuntu 7.10/8.04 graphical configuration (or other distributions using Network Manager)
- Fedora 8 graphical configuration (or other distributions using Network Manager and SELinux)
- OS X 10.5 Leopard configuration
- Asus EEE PC with WSU Wireless (PEAP)
- Gentoo and/or Manual PEAP Configuration
Alternatives
If you cannot use PEAP for some reason, the PPTP client is the next best option. It is open source and is implemented in userspace, so you won't have troubles with kernel slowdowns, oops or panics like the Cisco VPN client was known for.
- Graphical configuration for Ubuntu 7.10 (or other distributions using Network Manager)
- Manual PPTP configuration under Gentoo (should also apply to most distributions)
- Asus EEE PC and wsunexus (PPTP VPN)
As a last resort, you can try the Cisco vpnclient, which is a binary kernel module that doesn't alway integrate well with the Linux kernel. It can cause major slowdowns for a variety of reasons. It causes my laptop to grind almost to a halt. These instructions are deprecated and quite old. Do not follow them.
Comments
Spokane / Riverpoint Campus
Scott Robinson successfully used the following configuration to get on wireless using WPA at the WSU Spokane campus.
# Debian /etc/network/interfaces example
iface wsurp inet dhcp
wpa-ssid WSU-RP
wpa-key-mgmt IEEE8021X
wpa-eap PEAP
wpa-phase2 auth=MSCHAPV2
wpa-identity username
wpa-password password
# wpa_supplicant.conf example
network={
ssid="WSU-RP"
key_mgmt=IEEE8021X
eap=PEAP
phase2="auth=MSCHAPV2"
identity="username"
password="password"
}
Use PPTP!
I used to use the Cisco VPN method, but just switched to PPTP using the pptpconfig program and it works much better - faster, more reliable, and much easier on the CPU.
Just use these directions but with the addition of unchecking MPPE in the 'miscellaneous' tab:
http://lug.wsu.edu/node/641
(I am using debian stable at the moment and the setup described took about two minutes to do :-)
Thanks guys!
Mark.
help for make wireles work in laptop under ubuntu linux
I have tried both the Cisco vpnclient and PPTP client.
However, I followed every step and nothing turns out wrong.
Wireless is still not connected.
Does anybody sucessfully set it up? Please give ur procedures in installation.
Thanks
Jianjie Ma
works now
For those who is using ubuntu linux, follow the steps given by http://popey.com/node/62.
Make sure every step is Ok.
Cisco VPN
Those instructions are for the Cisco VPN, which WSU does not want people to use anymore.
Use PPTP
I had PPTP working fine (and the Cisco VPN client before it was deprecated), though now when I connect I still have my wireless and ppp device, but I cannot connect to any sites. This started a few months ago, but I haven't had the need to look into why. I followed the instructions on the PPTP page to set it up.
other vpn options
Hi, I see that you posted back in 04 that vpnc planned on implementing certificate support in the near future. Have they? Has anyone else? Thanks :)
Noah
heh
Well, it was promised a while back . . . but they still haven't implemented it :(
Even easier config for vpn
I was trying to set up the vpn and found what seems a really easy way. Use the pptconfig package suggested on the homepage you linked to for pptp-linux http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/. It took a bit of figuring out what the right settings were, but now that I have them, it's a piece of cake. There are even excellent install docs for every distro you can think of.
Install the following packages: pptp-linux, pptpconfig, sux
open up a console sype in "sux" and enter root password. Then "pptpconfig". This should open up a nice little gui to configure pptp settings. name the connection wsunexus and specify vpn-gateway.wsu.edu as the server. Leave the domain line blank. Type in your username and password. Click on the routing tab. Choose "all to tunnel". Click on DNS tab. choose "automatic". Click on the encryption tab. ONLY check the bottom box: refuse EAP. NOw click the add button above the settings tabs. A line for wsunexus will appear inthe white window. hightlight it and click start. You are now good to go.
The only hangup I had was choosing clicking on the two boxes to refuse 40 and 128 bit encryption. I did this because in looking at the maual config you were suggestion there was a line that said nomppe, so I I didn't allow any type of mppe. Thankfully, pptpconfig has a debug mode that let me look at the packets that traffic between my machine and the server. With that log in hand and a REALLY good help page (http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/howto-diagnosis.phtml) I figured out that the server WANTS 128bit mppe. Once I unchecked that box, everything was great. Thanks so much for your help!
Noah
Small Snag for Ubuntu (Dapper) Users -- Solution
Great instructions Noah, they almost worked! I am currently using Ubuntu (6.06) and have found that if you follow Noah's directions you will need to add one last step to get things working. This last step involves commenting out the line "refuse-mschap" in etc/ppp/options.pptp. After that you should be able to connect to wsunexus.
-James P.