----- Original Message ----- > From: Mick <michaelkintz...@gmail.com> > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Cc: > Sent: Friday, September 2, 2011 11:29 AM > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless Configuration... > > On Friday 02 Sep 2011 14:38:56 BRM wrote: >> ----- 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.) > > Assuming that you have built in your kernel or loaded the driver module for > your NIC and any firmware blobs have also been loaded, please show:
Yes. As I noted, it's worked before. The driver loads it find the firmware, etc. Configuration information is below. > /etc/conf.d/net # This is a network block that connects to any unsecured access point. # We give it a low priority so any defined blocks are preferred. ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=wheel #ctrl_interface_group=wheel ap_scan=1 fast_reauth=1 # This blank configuration will automatically use DHCP for any net.* # scripts in /etc/init.d. To create a more complete configuration, # please review /etc/conf.d/net.example and save your configuration # in /etc/conf.d/net (this file :]!). # Standard Network: config_eth0=( "dhcp" ) dns_domain_lo="coal" # Wireless Network: # TBD #config_wlan0 ( "wpa_supplicant" ) # # Enable this to use WPA supplicant; however, need to change the configuration of the Wireless first. modules=( "!plug" "!iwconfig" "wpa_supplicant" ) #modules=( "!plug" "wpa_supplicant" ) #modules=("iwconfig") #wpa_supplicant_wlan0="-Dwext" #wpa_timeout_wlan0=15 #modules=("iwconfig") #iwconfig_wlan0="mode managed" #wpa_timeout_wlan0=15 > and > > grep ^[^#] /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=wheel ap_scan=1 fast_reauth=1 country=US # Home Network #network={ # ssid="MY-NETWORK" # key_mgmt=IEEE8021X # eap=TLS # wep_key0=DEADBEAF0123456789ABCDEF000 # priority=1 # auth_alg=SHARED #} # #network={ # key_mgmt=NONE # priority=-9999999 #} The network information is commented out as I was trying to get it to work with the normal user-space tools (e.g. Network Manager); however, it is no longer working in that configuration either. It doesn't seem to ever get to doing the SCAN portion of trying to find networks. I can see wlan0 in wpa_gui, but I can't get it to scan at all. And I'd much rather use Network Manager if I could over wpa_gui; but it doesn't even see wlan0 (it happily finds eth0, my wired NIC.) Ben