Problem setting up wired networking

[Jesse Keating]

On Fri, 2008-11-14 at 18:49 +0000, Anne Wilson wrote:
> But it doesn't allow me to try again.  It asks for WEP keys.  There are four 
> options, all WEP, whereas the main dialogue offers the same four plus two WPA 
> ones.

Hrm, that may itself be a different bug.  I'll check with the NM author.

> > > 4. As on my own system, when the WEP key is requested there is no option
> > > in the drop-down list to change it to WPA.
> >
> > That's because with WPA the access point can actually tell you that it
> > requires WPA.  If you're not getting this, and your access point is
> > setup for WPA, I would suspect that your card is never actually able to
> > communicate with the access point, which could be a firmware/kernel
> > thing.
> >
> The fact that wireless worked, however briefly, when I first installed F10 
> makes me think that the card is not at fault.  However, I am tending towards 
> believing that it is a kernel issue.

Well, card firmware is most often loaded from the operating system onto
the volatile memory on the card, so it could in fact be a firmware
issue.

-- 
Jesse Keating
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