Stuart Kreitman wrote:
> 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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Disable NWAM, use dladm and use ifconfig ifaceX dhcp
