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> but only on Linux

Are you using wpa_supplicant 2.9? Do not update to 2.10!

I had the same experience with 2.9, but with 2.10, I cannot connect at all, not even with WPA2 (with WPA2+3 Transitional on the AP). Downgraded back to 2.9 and it works again.




I bypassed WPA supplicant on Tumbleweed, and manually setup the connection.

I did think it was rather odd that my WiFi AP stopped allowing my linux laptop to connect, even though it worked right before I moved from Fedora -> Tumbleweed. But even a new Fedora live ISO (I guess all Fedora ISOs are live by default) was unable to connect.

Eventually figured it was the current version of WPA Supplicant at fault, not the WiFi AP, and not the HW in my laptop. But it is somewhat annoying when something that worked just an hour ago, flatly doesn't.


Interesting. I had the hardest time getting wpa_supplicant working on a new Debian install last weekend, and eventually gave up and switched to iwd, which was new to me, but worked immediately

Checking now, I have wpa_supplicant 2.10, so I wonder how much of my problem was due to that.

iwd's been great so far - I'm no expert so maybe there are technical advantages, but I don't see any reason to go back to wpa_supplicant.


No idea. I use Ubuntu. And it just works. That’s what I want, and I prefer not to know more ;)


Good for you, but on this site curiosity is explicitly encouraged.


1. Why?! (Yelled in wpa_supplicant's general direction, not yours)

2. What error messages were you seeing in wpa_cli, out of curiosity?


https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1195395

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2050840

Reading through the opensuse bugzilla I tried again, and it works! NetworkManager 1.38+ needed. It is interesting, that the fix is in NetworkManager (https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1195395#c47).


Does it work with iwd?


Yes, but WPA2-only, just like Windows.




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