I'm using the madwifi drivers for my wireless card, and it could be that
they don't properly implement the ap_scan functionality.
In my case, the router doesn't broadcast the ssid, so scanning for it
doesn't seem like it should be a requirement to connect. Another concern of
mine is that when it does scan it takes quite a while for the scan results
to come back, but when the ap_scan option is left out, the wpa_supplicant
can connect to and authenticate with the router almost instantly.
On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 4:14 PM, Dan Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-03-13 at 14:18 -0400, Matt Lavin wrote:
> > I've got a wpa_supplicat.conf file that can connect to my wireless
> > network, but I can't figure out how to make NetworkManager use the
> > same settings. My wpa_supplicat.conf file looks like this:
> >
> > # ap_scan=2
> > network={
> > ssid="<my-ssid>"
> > proto=WPA2
> > key_mgmt=WPA-EAP
> > eap=TLS
> > identity="<my-id>"
> >
> > # scan_ssid=1
> > private_key="<my-key>"
> > private_key_passwd="<my-password>"
> > priority=1
> > }
> >
> > I tried to setup a corresponding WPA2 Enterprise with the fields as
> > you would expect, but when network manager connects it adds in the two
> > commented lined above. If I add those two lines to my
> > wpa_supplicat.conf fie then I can't connect. Does anybody know how to
> > make NetworkManager use my wpa_supplicat.conf file above?
>
> This means your wireless driver does not support scan capabilities, and
> doesn't implement the WEXT specification correctly. I'd ask your distro
> vendor to apply the scan capability patch to their kernel (it's quite
> small and low-impact and already in 2.6.24) and then you should be fine.
>
> The problem is that NM cannot detect whether your driver has the ability
> to use ap_scan=1 or whether it must fall back to ap_scan=2. Drivers
> that do not work with ap_scan=2 are _broken_ by definition, but this is
> a workaround.
>
> Dan
>
>
>
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