wpa_supplicant with ipw3945

[Kevin J. Cummings]

John Dey wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a wireless working on fc6 i386 without encryption  When I set the
> linksys router to:
> 
> securtiy mode: wpa2 persenal
> wpa algorithm: TKIP+AEP
> Group key renewal: 3600
> 
> Then I set the key  and other items in wpa_supplicant.conf and try to
> start wpa_supplicant with -D ipw3945 I get an error that ipw3945 is not
> supported.

Don't run wpa_supplicant.  Instead, run NetworkManagerDispatcher and
NetworkManager from the NetworkManager RPM.  Each runs as a service.
You can find them in core.  You might also want the NetworkManager-gnome
if you want it to run in your task bar.

> I am not very familiar with encrypted wireless.  Is there a good Howto?
>  Any guidance will greatly appreciated.  Thanks.

Its not that much different than un-encrypted wireless.  It requires
more iwconfig commands to be entered in order to work.  Are you familiar
with the iwconfig command?  It can show you the current state of your
wireless chip as the system sees it.

And if you are still having problems, look at your /var/log/messages
file for messages about your hardware.

> John

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