Dan Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, 2006-08-14 at 10:46 -0400, David Abrahams wrote: >> Dan Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> > On Mon, 2006-08-14 at 09:42 -0400, Darren Albers wrote: >> >> When I saw your post I read the logs but didn't see anything that >> >> would indicate a problem. I vaguely remember some issues with hidden >> >> SSID's that were fixed in 0.6.3 that the Ubuntu maintainer may not >> >> have backported. Can you try broadcasting your SSID and see if it >> >> works? >> > >> > That would be a big help. Some drivers (madwifi in particular) don't >> > seem to work well with hidden SSIDs and wpa_supplicant and >> > NetworkManager, and that interaction isn't well understood. It has >> > something to do with AP_SCAN and the network options that are passed to >> > wpa_supplicant. >> > >> > Can you try with wpa_supplicant alone, constructing the necessary >> > wpa_supplicant.conf, and see if that works? Please use the 'wext' >> > driver with wpa_suppliant. >> >> Could you point me at some detailed instructions? I don't know how to >> "try with wpa_supplicant alone" or set up its drivers. >> Should I do this with or without hidden SSIDs? With the Ubuntu >> release, or something newer? > > Any document on setting up wpa_supplicant would work for this; just > remember to stop NetworkManager first. I don't have any links offhand, > but the package for wpa_supplicant should include a sample config file > that may get you started.
There's none in evidence. Will look around for a HOWTO. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
