----- Original Message ----- > From: Canek Peláez Valdés <can...@gmail.com> > On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 11:52 PM, BRM <bm_witn...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> I still haven't decided what to get for my system to replace the NIC > with, but the card I have should be working with my existing 802.11g network > already; however, it doesn't - I have had to connect my laptop via Ethernet > cable to my wireless bridge to get network access. >> >> /etc/init.d/net.wlan0 starts, but goes immediately inactive. From what I > can find on-line, this seems to have been something common after moving to > Base > Layout 2/OpenRC; however, I couldn't find anything that specified what the > actual solution was - I think most ended up doing a complete reinstall of > their > wicd/wpa-supplicant software - either way details were lacking. I've > successfully had wpa-supplicant working in the past, and as a result of all > of > this I've tried to get it up through the other method too (iwconfig?), but > no success. (I think I have managed to get it to scan some, but not > sufficiently > and certainly no connections.) > > Did you followed the instructions at > > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/openrc-migration.xml > > specifically the network section?
Yes, I believe so. It's been a while since I made the migration, but the wireless configuration seems to have broken about the same time. The wired configuration works just fine, and the guide mentions nothing about Wireless changes - e.g. WPA Supplicant - and that's where the problem is. >> Anyone see this issue and know what the solution is? I'd like to at > least get my 802.11g access back - the current setup is a bit of a pain and > very > limiting. > > Since you use a laptop, I will assume you have either KDE, GNOME or > Xfce. If that's the case, why don't you try NetworkManager or connman, > and use the GUI thingy to do the work for you? I haven't manually > configured a wireless network in years, and I have been the last three > months traveling with my laptop literally all over the world, > connecting to all kinds of access points. > NetworkMnager just works, but I also hear great comments about connman. I'm using KDE, yes. I've tried the tools but it doesn't seem to ever scan for a wireless network on its own, and the scans I have been able to force don't result in a connection - they don't even find the network I'm trying to attach it to. Prior to the change, I could get WPA Supplicant to connect to my wireless, though I did have to have it specifically configured to do so. It wouldn't typically work using the tools for the one wireless network, while I could get it to for others (hotels, other places, etc.). I have added another network that is configured a little differently that I would prefer to connect to (over the old one), but at the moment I'll take either. (The new 802.11g network uses WPA2; the old one uses WEP+Shared.) Ben
