----- Original Message ---- > From: BRM <bm_witn...@yahoo.com> > From: Mike Edenfield > > > 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.
Well, it seems to be something with my home network; not sure what. Over the holidays I did some traveling and took my laptop with me. I was able to connect to other WEP networks just fine using WPA Supplicant; however, when I got home I couldn't get WPA Supplicant to work with my home network and had to revert back to setting it up via /etc/conf.d/net. My home wireless network is a Linksys WRT54G version 3 hardware, with slightly outdated software (by 1 or 2 releases). SSID is visible. It seems to find it, but then loses it pretty quickly and I have to restart wlan0 before I can try again. Works fine when using a static WEP configuration though (e.g. no WPA Supplicant/WiCD/etc.). Not sure what to look at next, but this is going to drive me a bit crazy. Ben
