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Date:      Wed, 30 May 2018 16:00:19 +0200
From:      Bengt Ahlgren <bengt.ahlgren@ri.se>
To:        Doug Ambrisko <ambrisko@ambrisko.com>
Cc:        Zeus Panchenko <zeus@ibs.dn.ua>, <net@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: 8021x on wired Ethernet
Message-ID:  <uh78t81fdl8.fsf@P142s.sics.se>
In-Reply-To: <uh7zi0ij20b.fsf@P142s.sics.se> (Bengt Ahlgren's message of "Tue,  29 May 2018 10:32:20 %2B0200")
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Bengt Ahlgren <bengt.ahlgren@ri.se> writes:

> Doug Ambrisko <ambrisko@ambrisko.com> writes:
>
>> On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 02:17:21PM +0300, Zeus Panchenko wrote:
>> | Bengt Ahlgren <bengt.ahlgren@ri.se> wrote:
>> | > Is there a standard "rc.conf" way to configure 8021x authentication on
>> | > wired ethernet?
>> | 
>> | looks like it's to be something like: ifconfig_em0="WPA"
>>
>> Yes for example;
>> 	ifconfig_em0="WPA <IP address/width>"
>>
>> We use 802.1x at work.
>
> Thanks Zeus and Doug, it does work!  I use ifconfig_em0="WPA DHCP".
>
> I first thought I needed a separate wpa_supplicant.conf for wired, but
> it finds the appropriate entry there anyway among many WiFis.

It however does not work so well booting with no Ethernet plug
connected.  The boot hangs when wpa_supplicant is started - a ctrl-C
however aborts it and the boot continues.  Any ideas to make this more
convenient?

Bengt



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