On Thu, 2007-01-25 at 12:30 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > > 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.
NM in FC5 and FC6 should offer you the option of storing the key in the gnome-keyring. Maybe you don't have the gnome-keyring package installed? This is assuming you're running gnome, not exactly sure how this works in KDE. ~Dave _______________________________________________ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
