Grant wrote: > I've been using wpa_supplicant to connect to my Gentoo router, and I'm > wondering if I can use wireless-tools instead. I have the following > /etc/conf.d/net: > > config_ath0="192.168.0.2 broadcast 192.168.0.255 netmask 255.255.255.0" > routes_ath0="default via 192.168.0.1" > essid_ath0="mynetwork" > channel_ath0="11" > iwpriv_ath0=( "wpa 1" ) > key_mynetwork="s:mykey" > > /etc/init.d/net.ath0 returns no errors, has all the right output, and > my PCMCIA card's LEDs are blinking like they are connected, but I > can't ping the router. I get "Destination Host Unreachable". If I > switch back to wpa_supplicant it works perfectly. I did notice, > however, that intentionally submitting the wrong password with > wireless-tools has the same effect. > > Can anyone help? > > - Grant
The only time I've run into that problem is when I've used "s:somekey" when the router was expecting a 64 bit hex. -- Ted Ozolins(VE7TVO) Cranbrook, B. C -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
