On 12/22/06, Timothy Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > No. > It always tries to connect to a network I very seldom use.
Are both open network or is one WEP and the other open? I /think/ that Network Manager will not automatically connect to an unencrypted network but I am not certain since I rarely use an unencrypted networks since I got my Aircard. > Incidentally, where does it store "profiles" or indeed any information? > Is it available to the user? It is under gconf: http://live.gnome.org/DarrenAlbers/NetworkManagerFAQ#head-bef25c7fff6853c702b745626a9b6fb40058f0e4 A full profile manager is planned for 0.7 > I'm using an Orinoco PCMCIA Gold Card on my laptop, > and Linksys WRT54GL as an Access Point on my desktop. > I might say that this works perfectly under Windows. > Sadly, I find Linux WiFi rather a mess, to put it mildly. Don't blame Linux for that, blame the hardware vendors who don't support it... Though the Orinoco card should work fine, I used one for awhile and never experienced the problems you describe. Do you have the same issues when using the normal Network-Admin tool? Have you checked your systems logs to see if it reports why the association is being stopped? > There seem to be files and programs all over the place > which might or might not have some relevance. That is a distro issue (Though I run Ubuntu have absolutely no idea what you are talking about especially since your driver is in the kernel...) and probably has no relevance > > > > 5) Not really an NM question, > > > but I have a Linksys WRT54GL running dd-wrt . > > > Does anyone know how to install a WEP key on it? > > > [I know WEP is not very secure; > > > but it is the only encryption my PCMCIA card understands.] > > > > Yes, go to Wireless, then wireless security and select WEP > > Thanks, I tried that but unfortunately it seemed to have > a disastrous effect on NM. > Basically, my WEP key was never accepted. > (It does not accept the WEP key on my old network either, > which works perfectly with Windows.) > > What is more, after failing to accept my key > NM said it could not find any wireless networks, > where previously it saw two of them. > > Has anyone else had problems getting NM to accept a WEP key? > No, but is it a hex or ascii key? I just tried it on my system and I was able to enter the passphrase and connect right away. > I'm pretty critical of NetworkManager at the moment. > It seems to me it tries to be too clever > (a common fault with Linux applications) > instead of being satisfied to do one thing, and do that properly, > as Ken Thompson recommended. Then use Network-Admin or wifi-radar.... Network-Manager is not the only tool available to manage wireless networks. Network Manager is doing ONE thing and that is manage your networks. _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
