#462: Current WEXT Standard Compliance
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Reporter: Eli Crifield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Owner:
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: minor | Milestone: version
1.0.0 - first stable release
Component: madwifi: 802.11 stack | Version: trunk
Resolution: | Keywords:
Patch_attached: 1 |
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Comment (by [EMAIL PROTECTED]):
Laptop: IBM/Lenovo Z60T
Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212 802.11abg NIC
(rev 01)
Madwifi version: r1497
Success with wpa_supplicant using -Dwext (fails with -Dmadwifi).
Success with NetworkManager 0.6.2 with the following patch to use -Dwext
instead of -Dmadwifi.
--- nm-device-802-11-wireless.c.old 2006-04-10 17:57:28.000000000
+0200
+++ nm-device-802-11-wireless.c 2006-04-05 18:06:48.000000000 +0200
@@ -2436,7 +2436,7 @@
*/
dev_driver = nm_device_get_driver (NM_DEVICE (self));
if (dev_driver && !strcmp (dev_driver, "ath_pci"))
- wpa_driver = "madwifi";
+ wpa_driver = "wext";
/* wpa_cli -g/var/run/wpa_supplicant-global interface_add eth1 ""
wext /var/run/wpa_supplicant */
if (!nm_utils_supplicant_request_with_check (ctrl, "OK", __func__,
NULL,
--
Ticket URL: <http://madwifi.org/ticket/462>
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