----- Original Message -----
> From: Mick <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Cc:
> Sent: Friday, September 2, 2011 11:29 AM
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless Configuration...
>
> On Friday 02 Sep 2011 14:38:56 BRM wrote:
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>
>> > From: Canek Peláez Valdés <[email protected]>
>> >
>> > On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 11:52 PM, BRM <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>> >> I still haven't decided what to get for my system to replace
> the NIC
>> >
>> > with, but the card I have should be working with my existing 802.11g
>> > network already; however, it doesn't - I have had to connect my
> laptop
>> > via Ethernet cable to my wireless bridge to get network access.
>> >
>> >> /etc/init.d/net.wlan0 starts, but goes immediately inactive. From
> what
>> >> I
>> >
>> > can find on-line, this seems to have been something common after
> moving
>> > to Base Layout 2/OpenRC; however, I couldn't find anything that
>> > specified what the actual solution was - I think most ended up doing a
>> > complete reinstall of their wicd/wpa-supplicant software - either way
>> > details were lacking. I've successfully had wpa-supplicant
> working in
>> > the past, and as a result of all of this I've tried to get it up
> through
>> > the other method too (iwconfig?), but no success. (I think I have
>> > managed to get it to scan some, but not sufficiently and certainly no
>> > connections.)
>> >
>> > Did you followed the instructions at
>> >
>> > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/openrc-migration.xml
>> >
>> > specifically the network section?
>>
>> Yes, I believe so. It's been a while since I made the migration, but
> the
>> wireless configuration seems to have broken about the same time.
>>
>> The wired configuration works just fine, and the guide mentions nothing
>> about Wireless changes - e.g. WPA Supplicant - and that's where the
>> problem is.
>>
>> >> Anyone see this issue and know what the solution is? I'd like
> to at
>> >
>> > least get my 802.11g access back - the current setup is a bit of a
> pain
>> > and very limiting.
>> >
>> > Since you use a laptop, I will assume you have either KDE, GNOME or
>> > Xfce. If that's the case, why don't you try NetworkManager or
> connman,
>> > and use the GUI thingy to do the work for you? I haven't manually
>> > configured a wireless network in years, and I have been the last three
>> > months traveling with my laptop literally all over the world,
>> > connecting to all kinds of access points.
>> > NetworkMnager just works, but I also hear great comments about
> connman.
>>
>> I'm using KDE, yes. I've tried the tools but it doesn't seem to
> ever scan
>> for a wireless network on its own, and the scans I have been able to force
>> don't result in a connection - they don't even find the network
> I'm trying
>> to attach it to. Prior to the change, I could get WPA Supplicant to
>> connect to my wireless, though I did have to have it specifically
>> configured to do so. It wouldn't typically work using the tools for the
>> one wireless network, while I could get it to for others (hotels, other
>> places, etc.).
>>
>> I have added another network that is configured a little differently that I
>> would prefer to connect to (over the old one), but at the moment I'll
> take
>> either. (The new 802.11g network uses WPA2; the old one uses WEP+Shared.)
>
> Assuming that you have built in your kernel or loaded the driver module for
> your NIC and any firmware blobs have also been loaded, please show:
Yes. As I noted, it's worked before. The driver loads it find the firmware, etc.
Configuration information is below.
> /etc/conf.d/net
# This is a network block that connects to any unsecured access point.
# We give it a low priority so any defined blocks are preferred.
ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=wheel
#ctrl_interface_group=wheel
ap_scan=1
fast_reauth=1
# This blank configuration will automatically use DHCP for any net.*
# scripts in /etc/init.d. To create a more complete configuration,
# please review /etc/conf.d/net.example and save your configuration
# in /etc/conf.d/net (this file :]!).
# Standard Network:
config_eth0=( "dhcp" )
dns_domain_lo="coal"
# Wireless Network:
# TBD
#config_wlan0 ( "wpa_supplicant" )
#
# Enable this to use WPA supplicant; however, need to change the configuration
of the Wireless first.
modules=( "!plug" "!iwconfig" "wpa_supplicant" )
#modules=( "!plug" "wpa_supplicant" )
#modules=("iwconfig")
#wpa_supplicant_wlan0="-Dwext"
#wpa_timeout_wlan0=15
#modules=("iwconfig")
#iwconfig_wlan0="mode managed"
#wpa_timeout_wlan0=15
> and
>
> grep ^[^#] /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=wheel
ap_scan=1
fast_reauth=1
country=US
# Home Network
#network={
# ssid="MY-NETWORK"
# key_mgmt=IEEE8021X
# eap=TLS
# wep_key0=DEADBEAF0123456789ABCDEF000
# priority=1
# auth_alg=SHARED
#}
#
#network={
# key_mgmt=NONE
# priority=-9999999
#}
The network information is commented out as I was trying to get it to work with
the normal user-space tools (e.g. Network Manager); however, it is no longer
working in that configuration either. It doesn't seem to ever get to doing the
SCAN portion of trying to find networks.
I can see wlan0 in wpa_gui, but I can't get it to scan at all. And I'd much
rather use Network Manager if I could over wpa_gui; but it doesn't even see
wlan0 (it happily finds eth0, my wired NIC.)
Ben
