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From bug reports from various forums i concluded that downgrading wpa supplicant might be a solution for my connection problem. I need to downgrade the wpasupplicant (2.10 is the current version) to be able to connect my school network. I am using Kali Linux right now, and don't know how to downgrade wpasupplicant to some older version like 2.9.

https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/cannot-connect-to-wifi-network-after-wpa-supplicant-upgrade/23207/18

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wpa/+bug/1958267

https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/73495?project=1&order=dateopened&sort=desc

I have tried sudo apt install --allow-downgrades wpasupplicant=2:2.10-2

But get an error E: Version '2:2.10-2' for 'wpasupplicant' was not found

Also in another question about this problem(below link) it is said to add the required repositories to downgrade. But again i need help with that part. https://askubuntu.com/questions/1046810/cannot-downgrade-wpa-supplicant-to-fix-wi-fi-connection-to-a-corporate-network

For different versions of wpasupplicant i found

https://repology.org/project/wpa-supplicant/versions But i don't know how to downgrade using these repos.

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  • "I need to downgrade the wpasupplicant" - why? What leads to this conclusion? Sounds like an XY problem. Commented Jan 23, 2023 at 13:34
  • Updated the question so it might be more clear. Commented Jan 23, 2023 at 13:40
  • apt-cache madison <package name> to list available versions in the repo. Why do you pass 2:2.10-2 if you want to downgrade to 2.9? Commented Jan 23, 2023 at 13:50
  • It is also a valid version as the bugreports say. Also @Panki that command has an output of just 2:2.10-10 Commented Jan 23, 2023 at 13:55

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I also have lots of problems with wpa_supplicant v2.10 - for me I can't create a wifi hotspot which is usable at all. I've the same issue on ubuntu, so here is the answer for Kali Linux (confirmed working):

# add in old (sadly unsigned) source list deb http://old.kali.org/kali 2021.1 main contrib non-free # since the source list doesn't include a .gpg file, we need to manually allow it apt-get update --allow-insecure-repositories # match the version of wpasupplicant that was in the old repo sudo apt --allow-downgrades install wpasupplicant=2:2.9.0-17 # prevent the package from being upgraded sudo apt-mark hold wpasupplicant # check is working with wpa_supplicant -v # wpa_supplicant v2.9 # Copyright (c) 2003-2019, Jouni Malinen <[email protected]> and contributors

(All the above is inspired by a blog post with instructions for ubuntu)

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