KDE 4 doesn't have an official network manager yet. you can use net-misc/wicd, it works nice.
On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 2:17 AM, BRM <[email protected]> wrote: > I have wireless working (b43legacy driver for the Dell Wireless Broadcom) > through a static configuration in /etc/conf.d/net - basically: > > essid_wlan0="myWLAN" > key_MYWLAN="somekey" > config_MYWLAN=( "dhcp" ) > preferred_APS= ( "myWLAN" ) > > I would like to use a tool like WPA Supplicant instead so I can have a more > dynamic configuration. > I've tried to setup WPA supplicant but haven't been able to get it to work. > > My last attempt was with: > > modules=( "wpa_supplicant" ) > wpa_supplicant_wlan0="-Dwext" > wpa_timeout_wlan0=15 > > I also tried the iwconfig setup: > > modules=( "iwconfig" ) > iwconfig_wlan0="mode managed" > wpa_timeout_wlan0=15 > > Both these were based on configurations I found while researching gentoo > wireless configurations: > > http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Wireless_Networking > > the wpa_supplicant man page possibly suggests uses "-Dbroadcom", but the > following supports "-Dwext" since I have the b43legacy driver working > (firmware extracted using b43-fwcutter a while back; dmesg reports version > 0x127). > > http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43 > > I have both the iwconfig utilities and wpa supplicant installed. When I > used wpa supplicant with either configuration it would just keep searching. > > Now, my wireless configuration is currently WEP; and I'd like to upgrade to > WPA/WPA2 once I can get a wireless tool on the system as well. > > Is there anything I'm doing wrong with the configuration above? > > Also - what is the correct GUI for configuring connections under KDE4? I > know of the WPA Supplicant GUI; and the GNOME GUI; but would like something > under more directly KDE4. > > KNemo just puts up monitors that are pretty useless (though look pretty). > > TIA, > > Ben > > P.S. It seems my Linksys WRT54G v3 needs a firmware update for WPA2. So > right now, I'd just like to be able to configure dynamically for my WEP > network; then I'll focus on going to WPA/WPA2. > > > -- Crístian Deives dos Santos Viana [aka CD1] Sent from Campinas, SP, Brazil
