13. Re: FC9 NetworkManager & WPA (Tim)

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Tim wrote:
> On Sat, 2008-08-23 at 13:07 +0200, Leon Vergottini wrote:
>> I had the same problem the other day.  After choosing it manually from 
>> lists of available authentication methods it worked - as the other guy 
>> says, make sure the router is configured with WPA.  I have noticed that 
>> I had to try several times before it connected.  So if it does not 
>> connect the first time, try again.  It will authenticate eventually and 
>> once it gets that done it will be fine.
> 
> I have noticed that NetworkManager takes its own sweet time to find this
> router, yet ones (much further away) from the neighbours pop up into the
> list quite quickly.
> 
>> Yip, Dlink router is a real bastard. I have set up for my parents home 
>> and it works fine.
> 
> What swayed me over this one compared to the Netgear was its three-year
> warranty versus the Netgear's one year.  I've got more than a bit sick
> of unreliable gear.
> 
> Now, having played with it and someone else's Netgear, one thing that I
> *REALLY* do not like about this Dlink DIR-300 is you cannot disable
> re-configuration via the wireless link.  On other routers, I've been
> able to set it so that you had to plug a cable in to be able to
> configure it.
> 
> Picture this scenario:  You plug in your new wireless router, it has no
> security settings.  You configure it using the HTTP webserver, and your
> passwords (any you set into it) are part of the HTML source code,
> viewable by anyone else at the same time.  Your browser may display them
> as ***** in the webform, but it's only the browser display that's
> obscuring them.
> 
You can make the router only accessible via https, at least I can on my 
Linksys though I am not sure if that would fix the issue in question. 
There is some OPen WRT firmware for the linksys that I have been dying 
to try though........

http://openwrt.org/

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