On Sun, 2006-11-19 at 18:22 -0500, Carlos Moffat wrote: > Hi, > > I've been trying to track down this issue for a while. Although the NM + > Madwifi drivers worked for a while for me (I'm using Debian/Sid), I've > been stuck using the r1500 version of the madwifi drivers, as any newer > version does not work. If I use a newer version, NM does not get an IP > address from the router (no WEP, no WPA). > > The issue is discussed here: > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=385599 > > If I shut down NM, I can get an IP address from the router using > dhclient. But NM works fine with the older driver, so I'm not sure who's > to blame here.
Probably an interaction with wpa_supplicant and madwifi; can you connect with plain wpa_supplicant? Dan > Any ideas, or any users of Debian/Sid using the madwifi drivers and NM > successfully? > > > Thanks, > Carlos > > Other Info: > > * kernel 2.6.17 (tried .16 and .18, no luck) > * 02:02.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212 > 802.11abg NIC (rev 01) > * NM 0.6.4 > * wpasupplicant 0.5.5 > * Thinkpad T42p. > > _______________________________________________ > 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
