Gavin McCullagh wrote: > Hi, > > a few more details. > > On Sun, 16 Sep 2007, Gavin McCullagh wrote: > >> I have a linksys WPC54GS pcmcia wifi card. lspci details below. I tried >> it with the latest firmware and Ubuntu gutsy's 2.6.22-10-generic and >> 2.6.22-11-generic kernels. > >> I went onto the IRC channel and noted the suggestion that I try the >> wireless-dev tree (2.6.23-rc4). So I did and I'm glad to say successfully. >> I'm using it now and have been for the past 6-8 hours on and off without >> any reboot or problems. > > A little more feedback on my experiences with this driver. > > The first time I booted up, logged in (to gnome) and then popped in the > pcmcia card. The key manager prompted for password to unlock it and I got > straight onto the WPA wifi network (192.168.10.0/24). This worked fine and > continues to. > > Later I tried to boot up with the card in. I logged in and network-manager > connected to an unencrypted network (192.168.182.0/24). Not wanting that, > I clicked on the network manager and selected the WPA network. Nothing > much happened, according to the applet and the ip address and essid didn't > change according to iwconfig/ifconfig. Eventually the applet disappeared > and restarting it didn't work. In syslog, it showed that NetworkManager > had crashed. A full log is below. > > It seems there is a problem switching network but as long as I start it on > the WPA one, all is fine. I realise this driver is still experimental so > perhaps this behaviour is normal and as I know how to make it work reliably > it's okay. However, if you need more information let me know. It seems > pretty reproducible.
As far as I can tell, this is a NetworkManager problem. I have two APs, one with WPA and one with WEP encryption so that I can test in either mode without affecting my wife's connection. With NetworkManager 0.6.4, I found that if I wanted to switch networks, I had to "try" to connect to a third network, which could be another encrypted wireless or my wired interface. Once that was done, then I could connect to the other wireless network. Now I have upgraded to NM 0.6.5 and I can switch wireless connections directly. I don't know which version of NM is in Gutsy, but I'm willing to bet that it is 0.6.4. Larry _______________________________________________ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
