-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 You might want to write a more specific subject next time, for everyone's benefit. Everyone who writes to the list has "some questions."
Robert Moskowitz wrote: > Hello, I am new here. Running 0.6.4 in Centos 5.1 on an HP nc2400 > notebook with the Intel ipw3945 dkms code from rpmforge. > > I just switched my operation over the this nc2400 from my old nc4010 > which had an Atheros card using the madwifi dkms code from rpmforge and > I did everything via wpa_supplicant.conf (and the wpa_cli program!). > > So with this install, I could not get the wpa_supplicant working. Seems > like it only supports the ipw2200 card? And I found NetworkManager; > good job! So far :) Incorrect. It probably best supports that card, but as far as I know, all Intel cards are supported. Really any card that has a driver supporting Wireless Extensions. > I am plowing through the archives to find answers, but this is slow! No > way that I can find to download them and import them into Thunderbird > for better searching. So here goes: > > The nc2400 expects the OS to manage the card. There are no buttons to > turn the radio on and off like on my old nc4010. Here I am on a plane > with the radio on. Now I work with Boeing people (and work on 802.11 > standards), so I have some inside knowledge of 802.11 and airplanes in > flight, but that is not the point. The radio is eating power! I need > that battery life! How can I turn off the radio. I tried iwconfig > eth1 power on (to turn on power management), but the card is still > happily scanning for APs, I think. > > I seem to recall a way with lmsensor to turn the LEDs on and off, but I > think that only tied the LEDs into the reality of the operation of the > card, not impacting the card at all. > > This notebook also has builtin ethernet. But shortly I will be at the > IETF conference in Philly, and I want to run Firestarter with its NATing > functions so I can plug another computer into the notebook to give it > access through my one wireless connection. How can I get NetworkManager > to leave the wired alone so Firestarter can manage it and run services > like DHCP? Often, adding this to your distro's configuration files (like /etc/network/interfaces, etc.) will cause this to be left alone. > My home network runs WPA-PSK (yeah, I know the risks, I wrote the attack > paper, but my Radius server is currently down). I frequently run into > the situation where NetworkManager is not succeeding in authenticating > to the AP. I have no sniffing data; I would like to see some packets, > but Wireshark does not show interface eth1 (the wireless one). I end up > having to reboot to get wireless working, or switch to wired. > > Now I notice that my AP is on channel 1, and I am picking up "Oakland > Wireless" also on channel 1. This should NOT be causing the problem (I > hope), but I add the data point. Actually I would like the option to > tell NetworkManager to ignore "Oakland Wireless" when I am at home, just > not when I am over at the local park, come springtime. When I used > wpa_supplicant.conf, I could comment out various configs (or uncomment > them) and reload the conf file at least. Ah the pains of a real nice > integrated gui! > > I can't test anything at home until I get back on friday, but thought I > would mention it now while I am venting. > > Plane is decending. Will be connected in a couple hours. - -- ---- _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ |Y#| | | |\/| | \ |\ | | |Ryan Novosielski - Systems Programmer II |$&| |__| | | |__/ | \| _| |[EMAIL PROTECTED] - 973/972.0922 (2-0922) \__/ Univ. of Med. and Dent.|IST/AST - NJMS Medical Science Bldg - C630 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFH1UECmb+gadEcsb4RAm/5AKCKKvIxMSKsEBYaZFD/bvMMcRXL/QCgwwn4 h6PgJ/j16e+2QCuZtRVKFjY= =Xr2t -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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