wpa_supplicant with ipw3945

[John Dey]

Kevin,

I can't believe it--It worked like a charm.  Out with wpa_supplicant 
and in with NetworkManagerDispatcher and NetworkManager.  They had been 
installed but were not running.  The new serverst asked me to enter a 
key ring which, for now, I declined.  I really would like to know what 
is going on.  I thought I was entering a key but it looks like the code 
was interpreted as a passphrase.  The key seems to show from the 
command 'iwconfig eth1'.  I will play around with it a little bit when 
I have time but it is satisfying to make the connection.  Thanks you 
very much for your assistance.

John

On May 24, 2007, at 5:16 PM, Kevin J. Cummings wrote:

> 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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