On Mon, 2006-04-17 at 00:04 -0400, Ey Ez wrote: > Unfortunatly, when i type iwlist eth1 scan it doesn't detect my > wireless network even though it has saved its ESSID and BSSID > correctly in gconf. I'm using WPA2 personal with CCMP.....
You may have to do it a few times, waiting a bit in between. Due to the nature of wireless, not every network shows up every time the card scans. NM takes a composite of a couple scans over time. So if you do 3 scans, waiting 5 - 10 seconds in between, does that show your network? Dan > > On 4/15/06, Dan Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 2006-04-14 at 08:53 -0400, Bruno Marc-AurXle wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I use NetworkManager with my IPW2200 and it works like a > charm! The only > > thing I was wondering is if there was a way for NM to > remember a hidden > > ESSID. For a non-encrypted network, it wouldn't be a > problem, but for a WEP > > encrypted network, is causes me a problem: always rewrite > the WEP key. > > > > Is there a possibility of doing this witht the current > implementation or is > > there a way to add this feature (remembering hidden ESSIDs) > without > > reprogramming a whole buch of stuff? > > NM should be remembering hidden ESSIDs once you've > successfully > connected to a specific AP/BSSID at least once. When NM sees > that BSSID > again, it looks up the ESSID for that BSSID and then tries to > connect. > It may be broken, but if an 'iwlist eth1 scan' shows the BSSID > of your > access point, then NM should be doing the right thing. > > For example: > > Cell 08 - Address: 00:14:BF:8C:90:28 <--- BSSID > ESSID:"" > Protocol:IEEE 802.11bg > Mode:Master > Channel:6 > Encryption key:off > Bit Rates:54 Mb/s > Extra: Rates (Mb/s): 1 2 5.5 6 9 11 12 18 24 > 36 48 54 > Quality:20 Signal level:0 Noise level:0 > > It will probably look something like this from 'iwlist'. If > your AP > shows up, there's likely a bug in NM. > > Dan > > > _______________________________________________ > NetworkManager-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list > _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
