Sorry, too much traffic for me, unsubscribing. I'd be happy if you contact me off-list about the Wifi sharing functionality.
(So far I haven't found a single person successfully using networkmanager for wifi sharing, so something like "yes, I have managed to configure an access point" would be a fine start...) Am Sonntag, den 25.11.2012, 16:44 +0100 schrieb Michael Below: > Hi, > > I would like to use networkmanager for Wifi sharing. The situation: > > I have a Debian testing AMD64 system, connected to the LAN, with an > additional D-Link System AirPlus G DWL-G122 Wireless Adapter(rev.C1) > [Ralink RT2571W] I want to use to occasionally provide Wifi for some > devices. > > After trying this with networkmanager unsuccessfully for a first time, I > set up an access point using hostapd. This works fine in general, but > the GNOME apps like evolution, pidgin etc. believe the network is down, > so they don't connect to the network. Probably they ask networkmanager > for the status of eth0, which isn't up. I didn't find a way to tell > networkmanager to look for br0 instead. > > Now I tried setting it up again with networkmanager. The trouble starts > in the basic setup: networkmanager doesn't remember my settings. I want > Infrastructure mode with WPA, not Ad hoc mode with WEP. Basically, I > just want networkmanager to do it like I set it up with hostapd. > networkmanager shouldn't forget my settings every time I disable the > network. > > The networkmanager packages are version 0.9.4 > > Is there a way to use networkmanager for Wifi sharing? Either to get it > to notice that br0 is there, or to have it setup a stable access point > of its own? > > Cheers > > Michael > -- Michael Below <[email protected]> _______________________________________________ networkmanager-list mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
