On Sat, 2008-01-26 at 18:53 +0100, Fabio Segale wrote: > I'm wrong the new kernel 2.6.24 DON'T contain the scan_capa patch I've > to back-port manually. Can you give me the url of scan_capa patch I've > find this one > > http://people.redhat.com/linville/kernels/rhel5/patches/jwltest-wext-scan-cap.patch > > It's the right one
Thats Linville's backport to 2.6.18, you probably want: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-2.6.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=f4317f3ba1f6d833bcf8ec22b5575b981b5438dc And for the 0.6.x version of NM that your distro probably ships: http://bigw.org/~dan/nm-scan-capa.patch Dan > Thnx again > > > > Il giorno sab, 26/01/2008 alle 09.15 -0500, Dan Williams ha scritto: > > On Sat, 2008-01-26 at 11:00 +0100, Fabio Segale wrote: > > > Ok about patch I've understand. For the other question I try to explain > > > with an example: > > > > > > I've two network profile save in NM: > > > > > > 1) called "roaming" with all interfaces in roaming mode and controlled > > > by NM > > > > > > 2) called "work" with the wireless interface in manual mode and with a > > > statical address. > > > > Right, this means NM is disabled. Your distribution (probably Ubuntu?) > > has chosen to disable NetworkManager when you choose manual. > > > > > If I load" work" profile I see all the parameters (address, ssid, > > > ecc...) that I have chose with NM in the file /etc/network/interface > > > If I load the network profile "roaming" the file /etc/network/interface > > > is blank (it's contain only loopback interface). > > > Now if I return to the "work" profile in the /etc/network/interface I > > > see again the parameters of the wireless interface. in the meantime were > > > NM store this parameters? > > > > Network details are stored in GConf when using Gnome. But details like > > ap_scan are things you never should have to see, and NM handles those > > things internally. Thus you need the kernel patch and a backport of the > > NM patch to make what you want happen. > > > > Dan > > > > > thnx a lot Dan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Il giorno ven, 25/01/2008 alle 22.28 -0500, Dan Williams ha scritto: > > > > On Sat, 2008-01-26 at 00:01 +0100, Fabio Segale wrote: > > > > > What I want if it's possible when in manual mode (or in roaming) the > > > > > possibility of insert other option like: > > > > > > > > > > wpa-scan-ssid 1 > > > > > wpa-ap-scan 1 > > > > > > > > > > and these additional options saved in the profile so when I switch > > > > > from > > > > > one profile an other I don't have to insert these options manually in > > > > > the file /etc/network/interfaces (I use debian like distros) > > > > > > > > > > A question, where is saved the configuration parameters of manual a > > > > > profile in NM (see my previously post) > > > > > > > > I'm not sure how Ubuntu (if that's what you use) has implemented manual > > > > mode, but it may not even have anything to do with NM. Ubuntu has > > > > patched NM to completely ignore interfaces that have an entry > > > > in /etc/network/interfaces. > > > > > > > > If just plain Debian, the static config stuff is stored > > > > in /etc/network/interfaces and read into NM when NM starts up. > > > > > > > > But again, you really do want to get your distro to apply the kernel > > > > scan_capa patch. That fixes your problem and makes your hack > > > > unecessary, because then NM is able to _automatically_ determine whether > > > > ap_scan should be 2 or 1. > > > > > > > > Dan > > > > > > > > > > > > > thnx > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Il giorno ven, 25/01/2008 alle 15.14 -0500, Dan Williams ha scritto: > > > > > > On Fri, 2008-01-25 at 20:52 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > > Hi > > > > > > > > > > > > > > At work I have a wireless network with static address and wpa-psk > > > > > > > protection but and don't broadcast the ssid. So I've configured > > > > > > > nm in > > > > > > > manual mode to use the statical ip and save this profile/location > > > > > > > but > > > > > > > to work I'have to add manualy in the file /etc/network/interface > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > options wpa-scan-ssid 1!! > > > > > > > > > > > > What you really want to do is get your distro to apply the "scan > > > > > > capabilities" patch to their kernel, and then backport the NM scan > > > > > > capabilities patch to your distro's NM version. > > > > > > > > > > > > Dan > > > > > > > > > > > > > It's possible save this option in the profile/location of nm and > > > > > > > where nm save/store the configuration of the manual profiles, I > > > > > > > know > > > > > > > that in roaming save the parameters in gconf at > > > > > > > system/networking/wireless/networks/SSID but where in manual > > > > > > > mode??? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > thnx everyone > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________ > > > > > > > Tiscali.Fax: ricevi gratis sulla tua email e invii a 12 cent per > > > > > > > pagina > > > > > > > senza scatto alla risposta > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
