Matijs van Zuijlen wrote: > On Sat, Apr 08, 2006 at 01:05:06AM +0200, Michael Biebl wrote: >> Hi Matijs, > > Hi Michael, > > Thanks for the quick reply. > >> I prepared a new release 0.6.2-2 which makes wpasupplicant optional. >> Please add >> deb http://debs.michaelbiebl.de/ unstable main >> to your /etc/apt/sources.list file, upgrade to this new revision and >> tell me if it works for you. If it still fails, remove the wpasupplicant >> package and try again. > > Sorry, my architecture is powerpc, so the debs don't work. I have built the > package from source (I had to change the .dsc file, since it had a different > hash and size for the orig.tar.gz file than the 0.6.2-1 version; I hope that's > not a problem). After removing wpasupplicant, I now do get a connection, > but it is to the wrong network: nm-applet reports the one I want: > > Wireless connection to 'slinky' > > Whereas iwconfig reports connection to 'linksys': > > eth2 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"linksys" Nickname:"HERMES I" > Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: 00:14:BF:B1:AD:1A > Bit Rate:5.5 Mb/s Sensitivity:1/3 > Retry limit:4 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off > Encryption key:off > Power Management:off > Link Quality=5/92 Signal level=-97 dBm Noise level=-102 dBm > Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:5 Rx invalid frag:336 > Tx excessive retries:5918 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 > > The access point I'm trying to connect to is encrypted with WEP.
With 0.6 you need wpa_supplicant for both WEP and WPA encryption. There is currently no other way. I tried to start a discussion on the NetworkManager mailing list to fall back on libiw (iwconfig) for WEP encryption if no wpa_supplicant is available. Let's hope that the NM devs will consider that option. I'm sorry that I can't provide you a working solution atm. If you want WEP encryption it's probably best if you go back to 0.5.1 for now and set the packet on hold. Michael -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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