#6281 NORM Never A: 802.1x Wireless not supported

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#6281: 802.1x Wireless not supported
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 Reporter:  pschemp           |       Owner:  dwmw2         
     Type:  enhancement       |      Status:  new           
 Priority:  normal            |   Milestone:  Never Assigned
Component:  wireless          |     Version:  Build 653     
 Keywords:  802.1x, wireless  |    Verified:  0             
 Blocking:                    |   Blockedby:                
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 Many educational institutions and public schools (the entire Texas public
 university system for example) use the 802.1x protocol for wireless
 authentication. (My guess is the Cisco schmoozed the state legislature but
 nevertheless it is used in a lot of places. The fact that iPhones don't
 support it has made them a problem at schools also.) Currently Sugar does
 not support it. Warning - This is a different thing from 802.11b or g -
 see here:

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/802.1x

 http://hostap.epitest.fi/wpa_supplicant/

 There is Linux support for this, (It supports EAP) but obviously there is
 no way for XO users to connect through the normal Sugar GUI atm.
 Discussed this on #olpc but won't paste logs due to freenode policy. Filed
 bug report so official request to add can be documented.

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