wpa3-sae

WPA3-SAE frame exchange

The WPA3 standard uses an equivalent 192-bit cryptographic strength in WPA3-Enterprise mode The WPA3 standard replaces the Pre-Shared Key (PSK) exchange with Simultaneous Authentication of Equals (SAE) Users on a WPA3-Personal network can’t ever snoop on another’s WPA3-Personal traffic, even when the user has the Wi-Fi password and is successfully connected.

The following is a resprestaion of WPA3 handshake

Hostpad(AP)                                         wpa_supplicant(station)

|<<-----------------------Auth_Req (Commit)------------------|

|-------------------------Auth_Resp (Commit)--------------->>|

|<<-----------------------Auth_Req (Confirm)-----------------|

|-------------------------Auth_Resp (Confirm)-------------->>|

|<<-----------------------Assoc_Req--------------------------|

|-------------------------Assoc_Resp----------------------->>|

|--------------------------EAPOL-M1------------------------>>|

|<<------------------------EAPOL-M2--------------------------|

|--------------------------EAPOL-M3------------------------>>|

|<<------------------------EAPOL-M4--------------------------|

Test bed

Inorder to execute below practical example, two Linux machines are needed with ubuntu version >= 16.04.

  • Check the Ubuntu version on your machine. Ubuntu version used for in this site is 20.04
    $ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
Description:	Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS
Release:	20.04
Codename:	focal

wpa_supplicant compilation

The daemon process that runs in the client stations. It implements WPA key negotiation with a WPA Authenticator and EAP authentication with Authentication Server. In addition, it controls the roaming and IEEE 802.11 authentication/association of the wireless LAN driver. Following are the steps to download and compiling wpa_supplicant from source code

  1. Download latest wpa_supplicant
    $ wget https://w1.fi/releases/wpa_supplicant-2.9.tar.gz
  2. Install required packages
    $ sudo apt install libnl-genl-3-dev libnl-3-dev libdbus-glib-1-dev
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  3. Extract the tar file
    $ tar -xvf wpa_supplicant-2.9.tar.gz
  4. Go to wpa_supplicant directory
    $ cd wpa_supplicant-2.9/wpa_supplicant
  5. Copy the default configuration into .conf file
    $ cp defconfig .config
  6. Enable below configs in .config
    $ vim .config
CONFIG_DRIVER_NL80211=y
CONFIG_WPA_PSK=y
CONFIG_SAE=y
  7. Build the wpa_supplicant
    $ make

    Below is the list of files compiled based on the features enabled in “.config”

      CC  config.c
  CC  notify.c
  CC  bss.c
  CC  eap_register.c
  CC  ../src/utils/common.c
  CC  ../src/utils/wpa_debug.c
  CC  ../src/utils/wpabuf.c
  CC  ../src/utils/bitfield.c
  CC  op_classes.c
  CC  rrm.c
  CC  wmm_ac.c
  CC  ../src/utils/os_unix.c
  CC  ../src/utils/eloop.c
  CC  config_file.c
  CC  ../src/rsn_supp/wpa_ft.c
  CC  ../src/common/sae.c
  CC  ../src/common/dpp.c
  CC  dpp_supplicant.c
  CC  ../src/rsn_supp/wpa.c
  CC  ../src/rsn_supp/preauth.c
  CC  ../src/rsn_supp/pmksa_cache.c
  CC  ../src/rsn_supp/wpa_ie.c
  CC  ../src/common/wpa_common.c
  CC  ibss_rsn.c
  CC  p2p_supplicant.c
  CC  p2p_supplicant_sd.c
  CC  ../src/p2p/p2p.c
  CC  ../src/p2p/p2p_utils.c
  CC  ../src/p2p/p2p_parse.c
  CC  ../src/p2p/p2p_build.c
  CC  ../src/p2p/p2p_go_neg.c
  CC  ../src/p2p/p2p_sd.c
  CC  ../src/p2p/p2p_pd.c
  CC  ../src/p2p/p2p_invitation.c
  CC  ../src/p2p/p2p_dev_disc.c
  CC  ../src/p2p/p2p_group.c
  CC  ../src/ap/p2p_hostapd.c
  CC  wifi_display.c
  CC  hs20_supplicant.c
  CC  interworking.c
  CC  ../src/eap_peer/eap_tls.c
  CC  ../src/eap_peer/eap_peap.c
  CC  ../src/eap_common/eap_peap_common.c
  CC  ../src/eap_peer/eap_ttls.c
  CC  ../src/eap_peer/eap_md5.c
  CC  ../src/eap_peer/eap_mschapv2.c
  CC  ../src/eap_peer/mschapv2.c
  CC  ../src/eap_peer/eap_gtc.c
  CC  ../src/eap_peer/eap_otp.c
  CC  ../src/eap_peer/eap_leap.c
  CC  ../src/eap_peer/eap_fast.c
  CC  ../src/eap_peer/eap_fast_pac.c
  CC  ../src/eap_common/eap_fast_common.c
  CC  ../src/eap_peer/eap_pax.c
  CC  ../src/eap_common/eap_pax_common.c
  CC  ../src/eap_peer/eap_sake.c
  CC  ../src/eap_common/eap_sake_common.c
  CC  ../src/eap_peer/eap_gpsk.c
  CC  ../src/eap_common/eap_gpsk_common.c
  CC  ../src/eap_peer/eap_pwd.c
  CC  ../src/eap_common/eap_pwd_common.c
  CC  wps_supplicant.c
  CC  ../src/utils/uuid.c
  CC  ../src/eap_peer/eap_wsc.c
  CC  ../src/eap_common/eap_wsc_common.c
  CC  ../src/wps/wps.c
  CC  ../src/wps/wps_common.c
  CC  ../src/wps/wps_attr_parse.c
  CC  ../src/wps/wps_attr_build.c
  CC  ../src/wps/wps_attr_process.c
  CC  ../src/wps/wps_dev_attr.c
  CC  ../src/wps/wps_enrollee.c
  CC  ../src/wps/wps_registrar.c
  CC  ../src/eap_peer/eap_ikev2.c
  CC  ../src/eap_peer/ikev2.c
  CC  ../src/eap_common/eap_ikev2_common.c
  CC  ../src/eap_common/ikev2_common.c
  CC  ../src/eap_peer/eap_tnc.c
  CC  ../src/eap_peer/tncc.c
  CC  ../src/eapol_supp/eapol_supp_sm.c
  CC  ../src/eap_peer/eap.c
  CC  ../src/eap_peer/eap_methods.c
  CC  ap.c
  CC  ../src/ap/hostapd.c
  CC  ../src/ap/wpa_auth_glue.c
  CC  ../src/ap/utils.c
  CC  ../src/ap/authsrv.c
  CC  ../src/ap/ap_config.c
  CC  ../src/utils/ip_addr.c
  CC  ../src/ap/sta_info.c
  CC  ../src/ap/tkip_countermeasures.c
  CC  ../src/ap/ap_mlme.c
  CC  ../src/ap/ieee802_1x.c
  CC  ../src/eapol_auth/eapol_auth_sm.c
  CC  ../src/ap/ieee802_11_auth.c
  CC  ../src/ap/ieee802_11_shared.c
  CC  ../src/ap/drv_callbacks.c
  CC  ../src/ap/ap_drv_ops.c
  CC  ../src/ap/beacon.c
  CC  ../src/ap/bss_load.c
  CC  ../src/ap/eap_user_db.c
  CC  ../src/ap/neighbor_db.c
  CC  ../src/ap/rrm.c
  CC  ../src/ap/ieee802_11_ht.c
  CC  ../src/ap/ieee802_11_vht.c
  CC  ../src/ap/ctrl_iface_ap.c
  CC  ../src/eap_server/eap_server.c
  CC  ../src/eap_server/eap_server_identity.c
  CC  ../src/eap_server/eap_server_methods.c
  CC  ../src/ap/wmm.c
  CC  ../src/ap/ap_list.c
  CC  ../src/ap/ieee802_11.c
  CC  ../src/ap/hw_features.c
  CC  ../src/ap/dfs.c
  CC  ../src/ap/wps_hostapd.c
  CC  ../src/eap_server/eap_server_wsc.c
  CC  ../src/ap/dpp_hostapd.c
  CC  ../src/ap/gas_query_ap.c
  CC  ../src/ap/gas_serv.c
  CC  ../src/ap/hs20.c
  CC  ../src/ap/wpa_auth.c
  CC  ../src/ap/wpa_auth_ie.c
  CC  ../src/ap/pmksa_cache_auth.c
  CC  ../src/common/dragonfly.c
  CC  ../src/crypto/ms_funcs.c
  CC  ../src/eap_common/chap.c
  CC  ../src/eap_peer/eap_tls_common.c
  CC  ../src/crypto/tls_openssl.c
  CC  ../src/crypto/tls_openssl_ocsp.c
  CC  ../src/crypto/crypto_openssl.c
  CC  ../src/crypto/aes-siv.c
  CC  ../src/crypto/aes-ctr.c
  CC  ../src/crypto/aes-omac1.c
  CC  ../src/crypto/sha256-kdf.c
  CC  ../src/crypto/sha384-kdf.c
  CC  ../src/crypto/sha512-kdf.c
  CC  ../src/crypto/sha256-prf.c
  CC  ../src/crypto/sha256-tlsprf.c
  CC  ../src/crypto/sha384-prf.c
  CC  ../src/crypto/sha512-prf.c
  CC  ../src/crypto/dh_groups.c
  CC  ../src/crypto/random.c
  CC  ../src/common/ctrl_iface_common.c
  CC  ctrl_iface.c
  CC  ctrl_iface_unix.c
  CC  dbus/dbus_dict_helpers.c
  CC  dbus/dbus_new_helpers.c
dbus/dbus_new.c: In function ‘wpas_dbus_unregister_p2p_group’:
dbus/dbus_new.c:4793:3: warning: ‘%s’ directive argument is null [-Wformat-overflow=]
 4793 |   wpa_printf(MSG_DEBUG,
      |   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 4794 |       "%s: Group object '%s' already unregistered",
      |       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 4795 |       __func__, wpa_s->dbus_groupobj_path);
      |       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  CC  dbus/dbus_new.c
  CC  dbus/dbus_new_handlers.c
  CC  dbus/dbus_common.c
  CC  dbus/dbus_new_handlers_wps.c
  CC  dbus/dbus_new_handlers_p2p.c
  CC  dbus/dbus_new_introspect.c
  CC  ../src/utils/base64.c
  CC  sme.c
  CC  ../src/common/ieee802_11_common.c
  CC  ../src/common/hw_features_common.c
  CC  ../src/eap_common/eap_common.c
  CC  ../src/crypto/sha1-prf.c
  CC  ../src/crypto/sha1-tprf.c
  CC  ../src/crypto/sha1-tlsprf.c
  CC  bgscan_simple.c
  CC  bgscan.c
  CC  ../src/common/gas_server.c
  CC  ../src/common/gas.c
  CC  gas_query.c
  CC  offchannel.c
  CC  ../src/utils/json.c
  CC  ../src/drivers/driver_common.c
  CC  wpa_supplicant.c
  CC  events.c
  CC  blacklist.c
  CC  wpas_glue.c
  CC  scan.c
  CC  main.c
  CC  ../src/drivers/driver_wired.c
  CC  ../src/drivers/driver_wired_common.c
  CC  ../src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c
  CC  ../src/drivers/driver_nl80211_capa.c
  CC  ../src/drivers/driver_nl80211_event.c
  CC  ../src/drivers/driver_nl80211_monitor.c
  CC  ../src/drivers/driver_nl80211_scan.c
  CC  ../src/drivers/netlink.c
  CC  ../src/drivers/linux_ioctl.c
  CC  ../src/drivers/rfkill.c
  CC  ../src/utils/radiotap.c
  CC  ../src/drivers/driver_wext.c
  CC  ../src/drivers/drivers.c
  CC  ../src/l2_packet/l2_packet_linux.c
  LD  wpa_supplicant
  CC  wpa_cli.c
  CC  ../src/common/wpa_ctrl.c
  CC  ../src/common/cli.c
  CC  ../src/utils/edit_simple.c
  LD  wpa_cli
  CC  wpa_passphrase.c
  LD  wpa_passphrase
  8. Install the compiled commands (optional)
    $ make install

hostapd compilation

The hostapd is a user space daemon for access point and authentication servers. It implements IEEE 802.11 access point management, IEEE 802.1X/WPA/WPA2/EAP Authenticators, RADIUS client, EAP server, and RADIUS authentication server. Following are the steps to download and compiling hostapd from source code

  1. Download latest hostapd
    $ wget http://w1.fi/releases/hostapd-2.9.tar.gz
  2. Install required packages
    $ sudo apt install libnl-genl-3-dev libnl-3-dev libdbus-glib-1-dev
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  3. Extract the tar file
    $ tar -xzvf hostapd-2.9.tar.gz
  4. Go to Hostapd directory
    $ cd hostapd-2.9/hostapd
  5. Copy the default configuration into .conf file
    $ cp defconfig .config
  6. Enable below configs in .config
    $ vim .config
CONFIG_DRIVER_NL80211=y
CONFIG_WPA_PSK=y
CONFIG_SAE=y
  7. Build the Hostapd
    $ make

    Below is the list of files compiled based on the features enabled in “.config”

      CC  main.c
  CC  config_file.c
  CC  ../src/ap/hostapd.c
  CC  ../src/ap/wpa_auth_glue.c
  CC  ../src/ap/drv_callbacks.c
  CC  ../src/ap/ap_drv_ops.c
  CC  ../src/ap/utils.c
  CC  ../src/ap/authsrv.c
  CC  ../src/ap/ieee802_1x.c
  CC  ../src/ap/ap_config.c
  CC  ../src/ap/eap_user_db.c
  CC  ../src/ap/ieee802_11_auth.c
  CC  ../src/ap/sta_info.c
  CC  ../src/ap/wpa_auth.c
  CC  ../src/ap/tkip_countermeasures.c
  CC  ../src/ap/ap_mlme.c
  CC  ../src/ap/wpa_auth_ie.c
  CC  ../src/ap/preauth_auth.c
  CC  ../src/ap/pmksa_cache_auth.c
  CC  ../src/ap/ieee802_11_shared.c
  CC  ../src/ap/beacon.c
  CC  ../src/ap/bss_load.c
  CC  ../src/ap/neighbor_db.c
  CC  ../src/ap/rrm.c
  CC  ../src/drivers/drivers.c
  CC  ../src/utils/eloop.c
  CC  ../src/utils/common.c
  CC  ../src/utils/wpa_debug.c
  CC  ../src/utils/wpabuf.c
  CC  ../src/utils/os_unix.c
  CC  ../src/utils/ip_addr.c
  CC  ../src/common/ieee802_11_common.c
  CC  ../src/common/wpa_common.c
  CC  ../src/common/hw_features_common.c
  CC  ../src/eapol_auth/eapol_auth_sm.c
  CC  ../src/eapol_auth/eapol_auth_dump.c
  CC  ../src/radius/radius.c
  CC  ../src/radius/radius_client.c
  CC  ../src/radius/radius_das.c
  CC  ../src/ap/accounting.c
  CC  ../src/ap/vlan_init.c
  CC  ../src/ap/vlan_ifconfig.c
  CC  ../src/ap/vlan.c
  CC  ../src/common/ctrl_iface_common.c
  CC  ctrl_iface.c
  CC  ../src/ap/ctrl_iface_ap.c
  CC  ../src/ap/iapp.c
  CC  ../src/common/sae.c
  CC  ../src/drivers/driver_hostap.c
  CC  ../src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c
  CC  ../src/drivers/driver_nl80211_capa.c
  CC  ../src/drivers/driver_nl80211_event.c
  CC  ../src/drivers/driver_nl80211_monitor.c
  CC  ../src/drivers/driver_nl80211_scan.c
  CC  ../src/drivers/netlink.c
  CC  ../src/drivers/linux_ioctl.c
  CC  ../src/drivers/rfkill.c
  CC  ../src/utils/radiotap.c
  CC  ../src/l2_packet/l2_packet_linux.c
  CC  ../src/eap_server/eap_server_md5.c
  CC  ../src/eap_server/eap_server_tls.c
  CC  ../src/eap_server/eap_server_peap.c
  CC  ../src/eap_common/eap_peap_common.c
  CC  ../src/eap_server/eap_server_ttls.c
  CC  ../src/eap_server/eap_server_mschapv2.c
  CC  ../src/eap_server/eap_server_gtc.c
  CC  eap_register.c
  CC  ../src/eap_server/eap_server.c
  CC  ../src/eap_common/eap_common.c
  CC  ../src/eap_server/eap_server_methods.c
  CC  ../src/eap_server/eap_server_identity.c
  CC  ../src/common/dragonfly.c
  CC  ../src/crypto/ms_funcs.c
  CC  ../src/eap_common/chap.c
  CC  ../src/eap_server/eap_server_tls_common.c
  CC  ../src/crypto/tls_openssl.c
  CC  ../src/crypto/tls_openssl_ocsp.c
  CC  ../src/crypto/crypto_openssl.c
  CC  ../src/crypto/aes-omac1.c
  CC  ../src/crypto/sha1-prf.c
  CC  ../src/crypto/sha1-tlsprf.c
  CC  ../src/crypto/sha256-prf.c
  CC  ../src/crypto/sha256-tlsprf.c
  CC  ../src/crypto/sha256-kdf.c
  CC  ../src/crypto/dh_groups.c
  CC  ../src/crypto/random.c
  CC  ../src/ap/wmm.c
  CC  ../src/ap/ap_list.c
  CC  ../src/ap/ieee802_11.c
  CC  ../src/ap/hw_features.c
  CC  ../src/ap/dfs.c
  CC  ../src/drivers/driver_common.c
  LD  hostapd
  CC  hostapd_cli.c
  CC  ../src/common/wpa_ctrl.c
  CC  ../src/common/cli.c
  CC  ../src/utils/edit_simple.c
  LD  hostapd_cli
  8. Install the compiled commands (optional)
    $ make install

Running hostapd

  1. Check if wifi interface with the name “wlan0” is available. This is created on boot up of the ubuntu machine or by installing wifi driver manually

    $ iwconfig 
wlan0     IEEE 802.11  ESSID:off/any  
          Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
          Retry short limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:on

$ iw dev 
phy#1
	Interface wlan0
		ifindex 5
		wdev 0x100000001
		addr 02:00:00:00:00:00
		type managed
		txpower 20.00 dBm
  2. Create a hostapd.conf file in /etc/hostapd/ folder with below content
    $ sudo vim /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf

    Copy below content

    interface=wlan0
driver=nl80211
ssid=test_wpa3_sae
hw_mode=g
channel=6
macaddr_acl=0
auth_algs=1
ignore_broadcast_ssid=0
wpa=2
wpa_passphrase=12345678
wpa_key_mgmt=SAE
rsn_pairwise=CCMP
group_cipher=CCMP
  3. Go to hostapd directory
    $ cd hostapd-2.9/hostapd
  4. Run hostapd by issuing follwing command
    $ sudo ./hostapd /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf

    Below log messages are seen on console after running hostapd

    Configuration file: /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf
Using interface wlan0 with hwaddr 02:00:00:00:00:00 and ssid "test_wpa3_sae"
wlan0: interface state UNINITIALIZED->ENABLED
wlan0: AP-ENABLED

  5. Mode of “wlan0” interface is now assigned as “AP/Master”. Check this by querying information via iwconfig/iw command

    $ iwconfig 
wlan0     IEEE 802.11  Mode:Master  Tx-Power=20 dBm   
          Retry short limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:on

$ iw dev
phy#1
	Interface wlan0
		ifindex 5
		wdev 0x100000001
		addr 02:00:00:00:00:00
		ssid test_wpa3_sae
		type AP
		channel 6 (2437 MHz), width: 20 MHz (no HT), center1: 2437 MHz
		txpower 20.00 dBm
  6. verify that AP is working in WPA3-SAE-PERSONAL in beacon frame

    Beacon->Wireless_Managment->tagged_parameter->RNS_INFO->AKM=SAE

Running wpa_supplicant

METHOD 1: With Network Block in wpa_supplicant.conf file

  1. Check if wifi interface with the name “wlan1” is available. This is created on boot up of the ubuntu machine or by installing wifi driver manually
    $ iwconfig 
wlan1     IEEE 802.11  ESSID:off/any  
          Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
          Retry short limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:on

$ iw dev
phy#2
	Interface wlan1
		ifindex 6
		wdev 0x200000001
		addr 02:00:00:00:01:00
		type managed
		txpower 20.00 dBm
  2. Go to wpa_supplicant directory
    $ cd wpa_supplicant-2.9/wpa_supplicant

  3. Create wpa_supplicant.conf file with following network block contents

    delete all existing content and copy below content

    ctrl_interface=/run/wpa_supplicant
update_config=1
network={
	ssid="test_wpa3_sae"
	proto=WPA2
	key_mgmt=SAE
	psk="12345678"
}
  4. Run wpa_supplicant
    $ sudo ./wpa_supplicant -Dnl80211 -i wlan1 -c wpa_supplicant.conf

    Below log messages are seen on console after running wpa_supplicant

    Successfully initialized wpa_supplicant
wlan1: SME: Trying to authenticate with 02:00:00:00:00:00 (SSID='test_wpa3_sae' freq=2437 MHz)
wlan1: SME: Trying to authenticate with 02:00:00:00:00:00 (SSID='test_wpa3_sae' freq=2437 MHz)
wlan1: PMKSA-CACHE-ADDED 02:00:00:00:00:00 0
wlan1: Trying to associate with 02:00:00:00:00:00 (SSID='test_wpa3_sae' freq=2437 MHz)
wlan1: Associated with 02:00:00:00:00:00
wlan1: CTRL-EVENT-SUBNET-STATUS-UPDATE status=0
wlan1: WPA: Key negotiation completed with 02:00:00:00:00:00 [PTK=CCMP GTK=CCMP]
wlan1: CTRL-EVENT-CONNECTED - Connection to 02:00:00:00:00:00 completed [id=0 id_str=]

    Message “CTRL-EVENT-CONNECTED” indicates that wpa_supplicant(station) is connected to hostapd(ap) successfully

  5. Run wpa_cli and check status in wpa_cli prompt
    $ sudo ./wpa_cli -i wlan1
> status
bssid=02:00:00:00:00:00
freq=2437
ssid=test_wpa3_sae
id=0
mode=station
pairwise_cipher=CCMP
group_cipher=CCMP
key_mgmt=SAE
sae_group=19
wpa_state=COMPLETED
address=02:00:00:00:01:00
uuid=572cf82f-c957-5653-9b16-b5cfb298abf1

    Message “wpa_state=COMPLETE” indicates that wpa_supplicant(station) is connected to hostapd(ap) successfully

  6. Mode of “wlan1” interface is now assigned as “Managed” with ssid “test_wpa3_sae”. Check this by querying information via iwconfig/iw command
    $ iwconfig 
wlan1     IEEE 802.11  ESSID:"test_wpa3_sae"  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: 02:00:00:00:00:00   
          Bit Rate:54 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
          Retry short limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:on
          Link Quality=70/70  Signal level=-30 dBm  
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

$ iw dev
phy#2
	Interface wlan1
		ifindex 6
		wdev 0x200000001
		addr 02:00:00:00:01:00
		ssid test_wpa3_sae
		type managed
		channel 6 (2437 MHz), width: 20 MHz (no HT), center1: 2437 MHz
		txpower 20.00 dBm

METHOD 2: Without Network Block in wpa_supplicant.conf file

  1. Go to wpa_supplicant directory
    $ cd wpa_supplicant-2.9/wpa_supplicant
  2. Create wpa_supplicant.conf file without a network block
    $ vim wpa_supplicant.conf  # add the following contents
ctrl_interface=/run/wpa_supplicant
update_config=1
  3. Run wpa_supplicant without network block in wpa_supplicant.conf file
    $ sudo ./wpa_supplicant -Dnl80211 -i wlan1 -c wpa_supplicant.conf
  4. Run wpa_cli to connect to WPA3-SAE network
    $ sudo ./wpa_cli -i wlan1
> status
wpa_state=DISCONNECTED
address=02:00:00:00:01:00
uuid=572cf82f-c957-5653-9b16-b5cfb298abf1
> scan
OK
<3>CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-STARTED 
<3>CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS 
<3>CTRL-EVENT-NETWORK-NOT-FOUND 
> 
> scan_results
bssid / frequency / signal level / flags / ssid
02:00:00:00:00:00	2437	-30	[WPA2-SAE-CCMP][ESS]	test_wpa3_sae
> 
> 
> add_network
0
> set_network 0 ssid "test_wpa3_sae"
OK
> 
> set_network 0 key_mgmt SAE
OK
> 
<3>CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-STARTED 
<3>CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS 
>
> 
> set_network 0 psk "12345678"                
OK
> enable_network 0
OK
<3>CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-STARTED 
<3>CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS 
<3>SME: Trying to authenticate with 02:00:00:00:00:00 (SSID='test_wpa3_sae' freq=2437 MHz)
<3>SME: Trying to authenticate with 02:00:00:00:00:00 (SSID='test_wpa3_sae' freq=2437 MHz)
<3>PMKSA-CACHE-ADDED 02:00:00:00:00:00 0
<3>Trying to associate with 02:00:00:00:00:00 (SSID='test_wpa3_sae' freq=2437 MHz)
<3>Associated with 02:00:00:00:00:00
<3>CTRL-EVENT-SUBNET-STATUS-UPDATE status=0
<3>WPA: Key negotiation completed with 02:00:00:00:00:00 [PTK=CCMP GTK=CCMP]
<3>CTRL-EVENT-CONNECTED - Connection to 02:00:00:00:00:00 completed [id=0 id_str=]
<3>CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-STARTED 
> 
> 
> 
<3>CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS 
>
>
> status
> bssid=02:00:00:00:00:00
freq=2437
ssid=test_wpa3_sae
id=0
mode=station
pairwise_cipher=CCMP
group_cipher=CCMP
key_mgmt=SAE
sae_group=19
wpa_state=COMPLETED
address=02:00:00:00:01:00
uuid=572cf82f-c957-5653-9b16-b5cfb298abf1

Run data traffic

Steps

AP

Station

Step 1 : Assign IP address

 
$ ifconfig wlan0 192.168.3.1 up

$ ifconfig wlan1 192.168.3.10 up

Step 2 : Check IP address

 
$ ifconfig wlan0
wlan0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        inet 192.168.3.1  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 192.168.3.255
        ether 02:00:00:00:00:00  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 61  bytes 11085 (11.0 KB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 130  bytes 25688 (25.6 KB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

$ ifconfig wlan1
wlan1: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        inet 192.168.3.10  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 192.168.3.255
        ether 02:00:00:00:01:00  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 73  bytes 13119 (13.1 KB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 65  bytes 13111 (13.1 KB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

Step 3 : Check ping

 
$ ping 192.168.3.10
PING 192.168.3.10 (192.168.3.10) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.3.10: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.092 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.3.10: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.036 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.3.10: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.094 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.3.10: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=0.105 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.3.10: icmp_seq=5 ttl=64 time=0.094 ms


$ ping 192.168.3.1
PING 192.168.3.1 (192.168.3.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.3.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.121 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.3.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.091 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.3.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.090 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.3.1: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=0.097 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.3.1: icmp_seq=5 ttl=64 time=0.243 ms

Step 4 : Run iperf TCP DL

 
$ iperf -c 192.168.3.10 -i 1 -t 5

$ iperf -s -i 1

Step 5 : Run iperf TCP UL

 
$ iperf -s -i 1

$ iperf -c 192.168.3.1 -i 1 -t 5

Step 6 : Run iperf UDP DL

 
$ iperf -c 192.168.3.10 -u -b 1000M -i 1 -t 5

$ iperf -s -u -i 1

Step 7 : Run iperf UDP UL

 
$ iperf -s -u -i 1

$ iperf -c 192.168.3.1 -u -b 1000M -i 1 -t 5