Gene Heskett wrote: > On Thursday 25 January 2007 10:36, Larry Finger wrote: >> Gene Heskett wrote: >>> On Thursday 25 January 2007 07:50, Jiri Benc wrote: >>>> On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 12:47:08 +0100, Ivo Van Doorn wrote: >>>>> Correct, similar problems have been detected in rt2x00. The >>>>> temporary solution in there is to demand a scanning operation after >>>>> the interface has been brought up. >>>> Scanning? No no no, please! That would be a clear bug and >>>> misbehaviour. >>>> >>>> Jiri >>> Oh? I'm sitting here watching the tty0 screen of my lappy after x has >>> been started, and I have established a connection, but SoftMAC is >>> still logging its scan activity, starting with channel 1 and scanning >>> 14 channels. Its doing this at approximately 2 minute intervals. So >>> I think we have your definition of a clear bug and misbehaviour. >> Are you running NetworkManager? If so, that is the source of the >> scanning. >> >> Larry > > yes, but AFAIAC its broken, the hoops I have to go through by hand from a > cli to get a working connection are shall we say, excessive.
It is straight-forward for me with SoftMAC using openSUSE 10.2 with KDE. In YaST, I told NetworkServices/NetworkDevices that I was using NM to configure, rather than the ifcfg method. After logging in, I clicked on the NM helper applet and clicked on the item for my AP. Up popped up a box for encryption type and key information. I also checked the box saying I wanted my key saved. Now when I first boot, I need to enter my password for the KDE wallet; however, the much longer WPA passphrase does not need to be reentered. NM then associates and authenticates with my AP without further actions by me. Of course, your distro may be different; however, on my system, NM is easier than anything I've ever had with any other OS, including Windows XP and openSUSE 10.0. I'm really pleased with it. ATM it doesn't work with d80211; however, Jiri is working on a fix for that. Larry _______________________________________________ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
