NetworkManager Issues

[Ziga Mahkovec]

On Fri, 2004-11-05 at 09:45 -0500, Dan Williams wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-11-04 at 18:42 -0500, Peter Jones wrote:
> > I *think* this is because ipw's drivers don't set "open" when you set a
> > key by default, and networkmanager is expecting that all drivers do it
> > that way, but I haven't investigated this very thoroughly.
> 
> When you do the ioctl() to set the key, you pass in some flags.  I
> currently use Shared Key (IW_ENCODE_RESTRICTED) in that field, so NM
> attempts to set the mode explicitly.  It may be a driver issue though.

Yes, the NM-forced restricted mode was the issue I was talking about.
But I'm perfectly OK with your explanation about why open system
authentication makes things harder.  Also, I see that you're adding some
changes in CVS to enable it anyway.

As for the ipw2100 driver -- versions 0.57+ now actually default to
OPEN.  But NM overrides this so no harm done.  It does make life harder
if you're using ifup scripts with shared key authentication though.  I
had to patch ifup-wireless to force restricted mode.

Now if I could only get wpa_supplicant to work with my D-link/ipw2100
combo...
-- 
Ziga