Network Management - probably pebcak needs sorting

[Anne Wilson]

On Monday 08 March 2010 17:42:20 Patrick Boutilier wrote:
> On 03/08/2010 01:14 PM, Anne Wilson wrote:
> > On Monday 08 March 2010 17:00:56 Patrick Boutilier wrote:
> >> On 03/08/2010 12:55 PM, Anne Wilson wrote:
> >>> On Monday 08 March 2010 16:40:00 Martin Kho wrote:
> >>>> ... and you're sure your kernel-module is loaded? The right one?
> >>> 
> >>> ipw2200 firmware?  yes, I'm sure that it's installed.
> >> 
> >> What does iwconfig show?
> > 
> > eth0      IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:"Lydgate2" 
> > Nickname:"anne-laptop.lydgate.net"
> > 
> >            Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.422 GHz  Access Point:
> >            0xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx Bit Rate:54 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm  
> >            Sensitivity=8/0
> >            Retry limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
> >            Encryption key: long string
> >           
> >           Security mode:open	#should be WPA-PSK
> >           
> >            Power Management:off
> >            Link Quality=99/100  Signal level=-22 dBm  Noise level=-92 dBm
> >            Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:11  Rx invalid frag:0
> >            Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
> > 
> > Note that it says eth0, not wlan0.  I'll copy the ifcfg to eth0 and see
> > if that makes any difference.
> 
> Encryption key: long string
> Security mode:open	#should be WPA-PSK
> 
> That looks to me like you are using WEP.
> 
> 
> Mine on WPA2 looks like:
> 
>   Encryption key:off
>   Power Management:off
> 
> 
> 
> NetworkManager actually handles the keys:
> 
> 
> NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (wlan0/wireless): connection 'GGGGG'
> has security, and secrets exist.  No new secrets needed.
> NetworkManager: <info>  Config: added 'ssid' value 'GGGGG'
> NetworkManager: <info>  Config: added 'scan_ssid' value '1'
> NetworkManager: <info>  Config: added 'key_mgmt' value 'WPA-PSK'
> NetworkManager: <info>  Config: added 'psk' value '<omitted>'
> 
I've been using WPA-PSK for years, and the router is definitely set to use 
WPA-PSK.  It's all very puzzling.  I don't understand why I'm only being 
offered the possiblity of WEP - I've never used it - ever.

Anne
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