I can get it to the point that dladm show-wifi says status "connected", 
but I'm not getting a dhcp assignment.
If I click on nwam icons, it changes the status to "disconnected".  Any 
further clues?


thanks for responding,

Stuart Kreitman




Prathyush Thota wrote:
> Try connecting to your protected WLan using dladm :
>
> Create a secure object,
>
> #dladm create-secobj -c [wep|wpa] wlanKey
>
> This command prompts for WLan password, type in the pwd.
>
> Connect to the wifi network using this sec-obj,
>
> #dladm connect-wifi -e <essid> -k wlanKey
>
> This way the secure object is stored and nwam will automatically pick up
> this secure object and connect to the protected WLan without prompting
> for password.
>
>
> Prathyush
>
> On Sat, 2009-03-21 at 15:35 -0700, Stuart Kreitman wrote:
>   
>> After going around and around and around and around attempting to input 
>> the password to my protected home
>> network (right click icon, choose network, sometimes it asks, sometimes 
>> it ignores me),
>> I tried connecting to my neighbor's unprotected network and it worked 
>> immediately.
>>
>> Have started a full package update. Maybe nwam is enhanced.
>>
>> Has anyone succeeded in connecting to a protected network?
>> Is svc the only way to restart nwam? Is it worth futzing with this anymore?
>>
>> thanks,
>> Stuart
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