Hi, After a successful association to 'quibble', I see this:
# iwlist eth1 scan eth1 Scan completed : Cell 01 - Address: 00:14:6C:A0:7C:04 ESSID:"quibble" Protocol:IEEE 802.11bg Mode:Master Channel:6 Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6) Encryption key:on Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s 6 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s Quality=93/100 Signal level=-37 dBm Noise level=-37 dBm IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1 Group Cipher : CCMP Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP Authentication Suites (1) : PSK Preauthentication Supported Extra: Last beacon: 52ms ago Cell 02 - Address: 00:16:B6:F7:32:E1 ESSID:"Mikeki" Protocol:IEEE 802.11g Mode:Master Channel:1 Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1) Encryption key:on Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s 11 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s Quality=55/100 Signal level=-75 dBm Noise level=-75 dBm IE: WPA Version 1 Group Cipher : TKIP Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP Authentication Suites (1) : PSK Extra: Last beacon: 4637ms ago $ iwconfig eth1 eth1 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"quibble" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:14:6C:A0:7C:04 Bit Rate:54 Mb/s Tx-Power:15 dBm Retry limit:15 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Power Management:off Link Quality=96/100 Signal level=-36 dBm Noise level=-48 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:1 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:1243 Missed beacon:0 (I think iwlist is discarding some of the weaker access points--Mikeki & other weaker ones often don't show up. I don't remember that being the case previously; I used to see more items in the 'iwlist scan' output, as I still see more access points in the gnome NetworkManager applet. I'm currently using wireless-tools-28-4.fc7.) The problem is definitely intermittent. It doesn't happen every boot. I don't know how to reproduce it reliably. If it doesn't ring any bells, I'll just keep an eye on it until either it stops happening, or until I figure out a way to make it happen on demand. Thanks for your help, - Dan P.S. I doubt it makes a difference, but there is sometimes an OLPC XO on the same network (presently joyride-1536; last time I saw the problem --yesterday-- it was joyride-1525). On Tue, 2008-01-15 at 15:13 -0500, Dan Williams wrote: > On Mon, 2008-01-14 at 22:32 -0800, Dan Krejsa wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I've seen problem recently on a Fedora 7 laptop using NetworkManager > > to connect to a wireless access point (NETGEAR WPN824v2, firmware > > V2.0.10_1.2.17). From /var/log/messages (attached gzipped), it > > appears that when the activation initially fails, NetworkManager is > > somehow treating the access point as if it were unencrypted. If I then > > use the gnome NetworkManager applet to 'Connect to Other Wireless > > Network' specifying the appropriate keying information, it tries again, > > using the correct key info (as far as I can see from /var/log/messages), > > but fails anyhow. > > Could you provide the iwlist scan output for that access point? > > /sbin/iwlist eth1 scan > > where eth1 is probably your wireless device. I'd like to see what that > network is advertising in its beacons. > > Thanks, > Dan > > > In order to get network manager to associate, I have to: > > > > - stop the NetworkManager[Dispatcher] services > > - wipe out the .gconf information for the 'quibble' wireless network > > using > > gconftool-2 > > --recursive-unset /system/networking/wireless/networks/quibble > > > > - restart NetworkManager[Dispatcher] > > - Click the 'quibble' network in the gnome > > > > At that point, NetworkManager properly associates (after asking > > me the access point & keyring keys). > > > > On the next reboot I frequently need to repeat the process > > even though the info stored in > > > > ~/.gconf/system/networking/wireless/networks/quibble/%gconf.xml > > > > looks good to my inexpert eye. > > > > I'm using the ipw3945-1.2.0-18.4.fc7 driver from atrpms. > > I'm running the 2.6.23.12-52.fc7 kernel, > > wpa_supplicant-0.5.7-4.fc7, hal-0.5.9-8.fc7. > > > > - Dan > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > NetworkManager-list mailing list > > NetworkManager-list@gnome.org > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list NetworkManager-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list