On Thursday 25 January 2007 12:19, Larry Finger wrote: >Gene Heskett wrote: >> On Thursday 25 January 2007 10:36, Larry Finger wrote: >>> Gene Heskett wrote: >>>> On Thursday 25 January 2007 07:50, Jiri Benc wrote: >>>>> On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 12:47:08 +0100, Ivo Van Doorn wrote: >>>>>> Correct, similar problems have been detected in rt2x00. The >>>>>> temporary solution in there is to demand a scanning operation >>>>>> after the interface has been brought up. >>>>> >>>>> Scanning? No no no, please! That would be a clear bug and >>>>> misbehaviour. >>>>> >>>>> Jiri >>>> >>>> Oh? I'm sitting here watching the tty0 screen of my lappy after x >>>> has been started, and I have established a connection, but SoftMAC >>>> is still logging its scan activity, starting with channel 1 and >>>> scanning 14 channels. Its doing this at approximately 2 minute >>>> intervals. So I think we have your definition of a clear bug and >>>> misbehaviour. >>> >>> Are you running NetworkManager? If so, that is the source of the >>> scanning. >>> >>> Larry >> >> yes, but AFAIAC its broken, the hoops I have to go through by hand >> from a cli to get a working connection are shall we say, excessive. > >It is straight-forward for me with SoftMAC using openSUSE 10.2 with KDE. > In YaST, I told NetworkServices/NetworkDevices that I was using NM to > configure, rather than the ifcfg method. After logging in, I clicked on > the NM helper applet and clicked on the item for my AP. Up popped up a > box for encryption type and key information. I also checked the box > saying I wanted my key saved. Now when I first boot, I need to enter my > password for the KDE wallet; however, the much longer WPA passphrase > does not need to be reentered. NM then associates and authenticates > with my AP without further actions by me. > >Of course, your distro may be different; however, on my system, NM is > easier than anything I've ever had with any other OS, including Windows > XP and openSUSE 10.0. I'm really pleased with it. ATM it doesn't work > with d80211; however, Jiri is working on a fix for that. > >Larry
I think mine (FC5) is different Larry. I sure don't recall seeing a 'save key' checkmark, and it sure isn't saving them. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2007 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved. _______________________________________________ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
