Fred A. Miller wrote:
> Well, I do think the latest kernel has improvements with wifi. However,
> I have a VERY frustrating site that unless I can resolve the issue,
> won't be seeing any Linux wifi there. :( UNfortunately, I have no say in
> how the LAN is setup, nor have I even been able to reach the guy who set
> it up. It's an off-campus university site.
>
> There is only 1 access point that is visible by name. The access point
> that has to be logged into is hidden. It uses WPA and TKIP. I know the
> access name and password but CAN'T log on. MickySoft systems have no
> problem, but am unable with Network manager and 10.3 to log on.
>
> I don't claim to be any "wiz" with wifi, so really do need some help
> with this one!
>
> Thanks!
>
> Fred
>
Fred,
Not knowing more about your AP, there are a few tricks with
/etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-ath0 (or your equivalent) you can try. Just
make a copy of the existing file and then try setting the following:
BOOTPROTO='dhcp'
IFPLUGD_PRIORITY='10'
STARTMODE='ifplugd'
USERCONTROL='yes'
WIRELESS_AUTH_MODE='psk'
WIRELESS_BITRATE='auto'
WIRELESS_ESSID='PUT YOUR ESSID HERE'
WIRELESS_FREQUENCY=''
WIRELESS_MODE='Managed'
WIRELESS_POWER='yes'
WIRELESS_WPA_PSK='PUT YOUR PSK HERE'
Then try rcnetwork restart and use knetworkmanager to attempt to connect
if it doesn't connect automatically. With 10.2 I kept several copies of
ifcfg-ath0 around and wrote small scripts to swap them out for different
sites. With 10.3 the caching of previous sites seems to have eliminated
that need for me.
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