On Fri, 20 Dec 2013, Paul Mullen wrote:

> I suspect it has less to do with the version of wicd, and more with the
> wpa_supplicant configuration on your system.  (wpa_supplicant is the
> software that handles all of the authentication for wireless networking.)
>  http://w1.fi/wpa_supplicant/

Paul,

   /usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant exists and is called by /etc/rc.d/rc.wireless.
However, while the above-referenced Web page tells us that WPA-PSK is
equivalent to WPA-Personal, neither option shows up in my version of wicd
(1.7.2.4).

> In the wicd "Advanced Settings" preferences tab, which WPA Supplicant
> driver is selected?  My copy says "You should almost always use wext".

   So does mine.

> There may be some Slackware-specific configuration required to get
> wpa_supplicant to support the entire range of protocols, but my brain is
> empty of such knowledge.

   Perhaps one of the other Slackware users here can offer suggestions.
Otherwise, it's off to linuxquestions.org.

Thanks ... and happy holidays,

Rich

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