Ryan Novosielski wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Please keep replies on-list for everyone's benefit. > oops. Just did a reply, am use that on most lists this replys to the list, not to the original sender...
For this list, I have to do a reply to all, the edit the to/cc headers (using Thunderbird 1.5) > Robert Moskowitz wrote: > >> Ryan Novosielski wrote: >> >>> -----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. >>> >>> >> Well I tried running: >> >> /usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant wpa_supplicant -B -D ipw3945 -i eth1 -c >> /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf >> >> And I get Unsupported driver 'ipw3945' >> >> So I read the man wpa_supplicant and find that I should say -D ipw and >> that only ipw2200 is supported. But I tried anyway: >> >> /usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant wpa_supplicant -B -D ipw -i eth1 -c >> /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf >> >> And still got unsupported device. >> > > No, you want wext for basically all modern cards, not ipw. Those other > drivers are really legacy holdovers, and hopefully will go away. > OH. I missed this one. Well actually I recall that how I finally even got NetworkManager working was to edit /etc/sysconfig/wpa_supplicant to have: wpa_supplicant:DRIVERS="-Dwext" I did not 'get' this previously! _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
