Package: network-manager Version: 0.6.5-3 The wireless configuration window for network-manager only offers the choice between "WEP key (hexadecimal)" and "WEP key (ascii)": no WPA here. Yet wpa_supplicant, when invoked manually (whether with -Dwext or -Dmadwifi, see below for card model) works perfectly, and enables WPA as it should. Why is network-manager unaware of this?
Whatever the reason, I think it would be wise to add a checkbox somewhere in the network manager config to the effect of "force trying to use WPA/WPA2, even if we believe wpa_supplicant can't do it on this card" (or something): sometimes the user knows better than the software! The Wifi card in question has a PCI ID of 168c:001c (rev 01): 01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5006EG 802.11 b/g Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01) (this is found in an EeePC model p702). I'm using MadWifi version r2756 (20071018) with a special patch for this chipset (<URL: http://madwifi.org/ticket/1679 >): as I mentioned, this gets wpa_supplicant working perfectly with it (both with -Dwext and -Dmadwifi). Kernel is 2.6.23.12 (with slight patches but none relating to this). I've read <URL: http://live.gnome.org/DarrenAlbers/NetworkManagerFAQ#head-f132724b1dcf37edce7ce29df8be355706fd97d5 >, but I see nothing that applies to me: WEXT is supported and MadWifi/Atheros is reported to work in general. -- David A. Madore ([EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.madore.org/~david/ ) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
