Connect wifi extender to WPA2 enterprise without wps button

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drmalique

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I just bought netgear wifi extender (WN3000RP). I want to connect my wifi extender to my campus wifi network (FYI, my house is next to my uni). My campus wifi network security is WPA2 enterprise. when i try to connect the wifi extender to campus wifi network (according to the manual), it only ask me the name of the SSID and the password. However, usually i should put my student number as my ID and my password. since the wifi extender only asked me the password, i can not connect my netgear wifi extender to the campus wifi network.
is there any chance to connect/use my wifi extender without pairing automatically with wps button?since I cant press the wps button in my campus router.

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The reason they use enterprise mode is to prevent exactly what you are trying to do. They want to know who is connecting to the network. If you put in a repeater or other wireless device you could then allow other people to use it or leave it unprotected. It completely defeats their security.

When you use enterprise mode it uses 802.1x this prevents any sharing of a session.

Even if they ran WPA2 with preshared key they would likely not make repeaters work. First only a fool leaves WPS enabled even on their home equipment. This is a "I am lazy" button for people who feel it is a burden to even type in their password 1 time. It has a huge security exposure. Next most repeaters use a feature a call WDS. Since the WPA2...
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The reason they use enterprise mode is to prevent exactly what you are trying to do. They want to know who is connecting to the network. If you put in a repeater or other wireless device you could then allow other people to use it or leave it unprotected. It completely defeats their security.

When you use enterprise mode it uses 802.1x this prevents any sharing of a session.

Even if they ran WPA2 with preshared key they would likely not make repeaters work. First only a fool leaves WPS enabled even on their home equipment. This is a "I am lazy" button for people who feel it is a burden to even type in their password 1 time. It has a huge security exposure. Next most repeaters use a feature a call WDS. Since the WPA2 encryption uses the mac addresses as part of the encryption keys only a single device can use the connection. WDS get around this by using some extra fields to pass the mac addresses of other devices. Many routers by default disable WDS support and also require you to key in lists of authorized router than can connect.

Pretty much you can only use a repeater on a network you are in full control of.

Be very happy they are only using userid and password they could force you to load a certificate onto the machine so only certain hardware that they have inspected can be connected to their network. This is common in a company that does not want personal equipment attached to their network so just having the userid and password is not good enough on network like these.
 
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