Troubleshooting Paste wifi password into text file?

garyyoung · 07-03-2014, 07:08 PM

I have a PW1 and am visiting someone with an insanely long wifi password. I gave up trying to enter it manually on the PW1 after two attempts.

Question: Is there a text file on the PW1 into which I could paste the password (after connnecting the PW1 to my laptop and mounting the drive)?

eschwartz · 07-04-2014, 01:37 AM

You'd for sure have to be hacked.

I guess using wpa_supplicant via the command-line? Must install kterm first...

I remember reading about the file that stores the passwords, but it's late and I can't remember and google-fu has failed me and NiLuJe probably knows anyway...

NiLuJe · 07-04-2014, 09:09 AM

Yeah, wpa_supplicant is probably a good lead, I know there's a config file somewhere in /var/local, but I can't remember if it's encrypted or plaintext...

garyyoung · 07-04-2014, 01:49 PM

Thanks for the information. It sounds like any workaround is going to be more trouble than it's worth to me. Perhaps my next ereader should be something like the new Android-based Onyx.

snoeki · 07-05-2014, 06:56 AM

Perhaps your next reader will me android based because you have problems entering a wifi password?

Just a thougth: let your friend create a smaller wifi password, a password with 8 symbols and some special characters in it is secure enough.

qlob · 07-05-2014, 01:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

Yeah, wpa_supplicant is probably a good lead, I know there's a config file somewhere in /var/local, but I can't remember if it's encrypted or plaintext...

At least on the Kindle 3, /usr/bin/wpa_passphrase will take an ssid and passphrase from stdin or as commandline arguments, but that'd still require a hack or an update package to run a script.

EDIT: (for clarity)

# /usr/bin/wpa_passphrase
usage: wpa_passphrase <ssid> [passphrase]

If passphrase is left out, it will be read from stdin

susan_cassidy · 07-05-2014, 08:41 PM

You can certainly create a text file with the password in it, and put it on the Paperwhite, but there is no way to paste it into the box for it. However, once you get it entered, it should never ask for the password again. It should remember it, unless you tell it to "forget" the password, and why would you do that?

eschwartz · 07-06-2014, 10:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by snoeki

Perhaps your next reader will me android based because you have problems entering a wifi password?

Just a thougth: let your friend create a smaller wifi password, a password with 8 symbols and some special characters in it is secure enough.

+1 long passwords are not the same as secure. Special characters do that.

Bricorn · 07-07-2014, 05:19 PM

Write it at the top of a post-it, stick it on the screen just below where you need to enter it, then it'll be easy to type in without errors.

tomsem · 07-08-2014, 12:15 AM

If the router supports WPS (and many do), you just need to push that button and PW will pair with the network without having to type a password.

Quote:

Your Kindle will recognize Wi-Fi networks with a WPS compatible router. To connect via
WPS, from your Kindle select the wireless network you want to use. Next, press the WPS
button on your router, and then select the WPS button on your Kindle during the Wi-Fi setup
process. Once you have successfully connected to a network, the Wi-Fi status indicator will
display the network’s signal strength.

07-03-2014, 07:08 PM	#1
garyyoung Member Posts: 16 Karma: 59042 Join Date: May 2010 Device: Kindle Voyage, PW1	Paste wifi password into text file? I have a PW1 and am visiting someone with an insanely long wifi password. I gave up trying to enter it manually on the PW1 after two attempts. Question: Is there a text file on the PW1 into which I could paste the password (after connnecting the PW1 to my laptop and mounting the drive)?

07-04-2014, 01:37 AM	#2
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	You'd for sure have to be hacked. I guess using wpa_supplicant via the command-line? Must install kterm first... I remember reading about the file that stores the passwords, but it's late and I can't remember and google-fu has failed me and NiLuJe probably knows anyway... Last edited by eschwartz; 07-04-2014 at 01:41 AM.

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07-04-2014, 09:09 AM	#3
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,506 Karma: 26047190 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	Yeah, wpa_supplicant is probably a good lead, I know there's a config file somewhere in /var/local, but I can't remember if it's encrypted or plaintext...

07-04-2014, 01:49 PM	#4
garyyoung Member Posts: 16 Karma: 59042 Join Date: May 2010 Device: Kindle Voyage, PW1	Thanks for the information. It sounds like any workaround is going to be more trouble than it's worth to me. Perhaps my next ereader should be something like the new Android-based Onyx.

07-05-2014, 06:56 AM	#5
snoeki Connoisseur Posts: 62 Karma: 2030818 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Kindle paperwhite 2 & Kobo glo hd	Perhaps your next reader will me android based because you have problems entering a wifi password? Just a thougth: let your friend create a smaller wifi password, a password with 8 symbols and some special characters in it is secure enough.

07-05-2014, 08:41 PM	#7
susan_cassidy Wizard Posts: 2,251 Karma: 3720310 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: USA Device: Kindle, iPad (not used much for reading)	You can certainly create a text file with the password in it, and put it on the Paperwhite, but there is no way to paste it into the box for it. However, once you get it entered, it should never ask for the password again. It should remember it, unless you tell it to "forget" the password, and why would you do that?

07-07-2014, 05:19 PM	#9
Bricorn Addict Posts: 289 Karma: 7788748 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Fun Town, Thailand Device: Kindle DXG	Write it at the top of a post-it, stick it on the screen just below where you need to enter it, then it'll be easy to type in without errors.

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