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I'm having trouble connecting to my school's wifi. It uses WPA2-PEAP and TKIP. The instructions for connecting tell me to leave the domain field blank and just enter my user name and password. This works with network-manager, but WICD tells me that the domain is required. I assume I need to edit an encryption script some where, but I wouldn't know what to change. How can I connect to this network? Thanks.

Andrea Lazzarotto
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  • Sounds like a bug with wicd, I suggest you file a bug report. What happens if you enter a space for a domain name ? And what is wrong with using network manager? – Panther Feb 21 '13 at 21:41
  • I'll submit a bug report. If I enter a space, I get a bad password error and can't connect. Network-manager doesn't play well with the network in my apartment, keeps disconnecting me. – Benjamin Daines Feb 21 '13 at 22:07
  • painful, I have had that problem before. only other suggestion I have would be knetworkmanager. – Panther Feb 21 '13 at 22:09
  • I figured it out. I edited the WPA2-PEAP template, removed all references to domain, saved it under a new name and added it to the active file. Now it doesn't even ask for a domain and connects just fine. I'll post the encryption template when I'm allowed to answer my own question (come on really?) in 6 hours. – Benjamin Daines Feb 21 '13 at 22:55

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A little late, but as promised, here's the edited encryption template. 

name = TUSecure
author = atiketemola
version = 1
require identity *Username password *Password
protected password *Password
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ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
network={
    ssid="$_ESSID"
    proto=RSN
    key_mgmt=WPA-EAP
    pairwise=CCMP
    eap=PEAP
    identity="$_IDENTITY"
    password="$_PASSWORD"
    phase2="auth=MSCHAPv2"
}
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    Note to the naysayers: **this is the solution to the problem**, it's not a revision of the problem. – Oli Dec 10 '13 at 09:06
  • Pointer to future arrivals: the encryption templates are found in `/etc/wicd/encryption/templates`, and once you've made a new template you need to add it to `/etc/wicd/encryption/templates/active` and restart wicd. – tobek Apr 18 '18 at 14:54