----- Original Message ---- From: Mike Edenfield <kut...@kutulu.org> > > On 12/2/2009 9:17 PM, BRM wrote: > > I have wireless working (b43legacy driver for the Dell Wireless Broadcom) > > through a static configuration in /etc/conf.d/net - basically: > > essid_wlan0="myWLAN" > > key_MYWLAN="somekey" > > config_MYWLAN=( "dhcp" ) > > preferred_APS= ( "myWLAN" ) > > I would like to use a tool like WPA Supplicant instead so I can have a more > > dynamic configuration. > > I've tried to setup WPA supplicant but haven't been able to get it to work. > Probably not what you wanted to hear, but I had the exact same problem with > the Dell bcm-based adapter in my Inspiron laptop. > It would work fine for open wireless and WEP-secured wireless, but wouldn't > associated with a WPA-secured access point. > Eventually I spent about $30 to purchase an iwl3945 replacement from Dell, > which worked fine, and never looked back.
Thanks for the heads up. At this point, I'll be happy if I can just get WEP working using WPA Supplicant/WiCD/etc. instead of a root user centric configuration file. Ben
