"Mauricio Teixeira (netmask)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm not sure if it's my fault, specific site config, or NetworkManager > issue. > > My WLAN is provided by an AP that doesn't broadcast the ESSID. Of course > KNetworkManager can't see it until I select "Connect to other wireless > network", and enter the data manually. But after I do that, I have two > problems: > > a) KNM stats the connection, configures the correct WEP key (I can see > it with iwconfig) but it does not associate with the ESSID (it shows > "off/any", and KNM status stops at 28%), then I have to "iwconfig essid > LocalWLAN" manually. After that KNM continues normal operation, loads > dhclient, and then shows that the network is up. > > b) After my first successfull connection to this network, the > information gets stored on KWallet, and I can see it there, > (Options/Show Networks), but if I select the network and click OK, > nothing happens (KNM doesn't try to connect to it), so I need to > manually select "Connect to other wireless network" and re-enter > manually my network data. After that I repeat the steps on (a), and > everything works fine. > > I guess it's something with the fact that the AP isn't broadcasting the > ESSID, since I have wireless at home and my desktop computer broadcasts
I have knetworkmanager working with networks that do not broadcast the ESSID, so it should work in general. > it so KNM detects (although I can't connect because it's Ad-Hoc mode, > bug #153232). Unfortunately I can't activate the ESSID broadcasting > because my office AP doesn't have this feature (TrendNET). > > Any help on those issues? Reporting it in bugzilla might be an option, Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.suse.de/~aj/ SUSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126
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