Darren Albers said the following on 07/28/2007 08:07 PM:
> On 7/28/07, Alex Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>   
>> Aaron Konstam said the following on 07/09/2007 04:02 PM:
>>     
>>> On Mon, 2007-07-09 at 10:36 -0400, Alex Janssen wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Aaron Konstam said the following on 07/09/2007 10:28 AM:
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> Is it a wired or wireless network it is timing out on?
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>> My apologies if I've posted this question twice.  I could not find it in
>>>> my email an thought it have vaporized somehow.
>>>>
>>>> It is wireless.  I have MAC filters setup for secrity.  Could that be a
>>>> problem?  I can force a connect by creating a new network then selecting
>>>> my network from the list.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Alex
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> I am sure. It will be interesting if there is a response form the
>>> networkmanager-list.
>>>
>>> You could always remove the MAC filters and see if that makes a
>>> difference.
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>>>
>>>       
>> Turning off MAC filters and setting up WEP seems to have fixed the
>> auto-logon problem.  Shouldn't nm work with MAC filters and no WEP?  I
>> thought that would be pretty simple security.
>>
>> Alex
>>
>>     
>
> MAC Filters are no security at all and shouldn't be relied on for
> anything.   Regardless of this though it /should/ work with
> NetworkManager but I have seen reports of people with issues like what
> you described.    What type of wireless card is this?
>   
Broadcom Dell wireless 1390.  I'm using ndiswrapper with the Dell 
supplied driver.  How could someone guess a MAC address?  How would they 
get around it?

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