so you say it doesn't ask for the PAM password every time you reboot ? mine keeps asking , so I went for nm-applet manual configuration. Now it doesn't show the signal strength :(
On Nov 15, 2007 6:27 AM, Henry Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, 2007-11-10 at 14:48 +0200, Firas Swidan, PhD wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I am trying to connect to my WAP wireless network and NetworkManager > >> keeps asking for the secret phrase without connecting. Is there > anything > >> specific that I need to do to stop this and make the connection? > >> > >> Thanks in advance, > >> Firas. > > >There is some confusion here. I suspect you mean WEP. If it is asking > you >for a > >secret phrase it means is is not open to anyone who connects. You need > >to know the (usually 40 bit or 104 bit) string that was set up on the > >AP. Note that 104 bits is 13 ASCII characters. > > > Isn't it the case that the key for WEP or WPA is stored in the PAM > keyring if you have PAM installed? I run Ubuntu (Gnome) so PAM is > already installed, but if you run another distro/desktop and PAM isn't > installed or configured then maybe it's not storing the WEP key? Once > stored in PAM, then you only get asked for the PAM passphrase, but in > the version of PAM supplied in Ubuntu 7.10 there is a checkbox in the > passphrase dialog to always remember the PAM passphrase. > > --andrew > > _______________________________________________ > 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
