Wifi with WPA2-EAP MS-CHAPv2 authentication (username and password) during Debian installation
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I am currently attempting to install Debian on my laptop computer. During the network configuration stage, I am prompted to "enter a passphrase for WPA/WPA2 PSK authentication". Unfortunately, I am on my school's network which requires both a username and a password, with the [MS-CHAPv2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi_Protected_Access#MS-CHAPv2) authentication protocol. What should I enter at the prompt?
I have an Ubuntu computer which can connect to this network. Here are the contents of
/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/NetworkName
:
[ipv6]
method=auto
[connection]
id=NetworkName
uuid=3e728a68-a877-4681-bc0e-1e64b2ff6434
type=802-11-wireless
[802-11-wireless-security]
key-mgmt=wpa-eap
auth-alg=open
[802-11-wireless]
ssid=NetworkName
mode=infrastructure
mac-address=84:A6:C8:A9:67:DA
security=802-11-wireless-security
[802-1x]
eap=ttls;
identity=username
phase2-auth=mschapv2
password-flags=1
[ipv4]
method=auto
Curiously enough, the password I enter to connect to NetworkName doesn't appear anywhere.
EDIT 2: Screenshot of network connection process (in a live-boot Ubuntu)

Asked by Alessandro Power
(305 rep)
May 25, 2015, 06:34 PM
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