Re: Atheros 5212 and NetworkManager

[Colin Walters <walters verbum org>]

On Fri, 2004-11-12 at 13:28 -0600, Charles wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-11-12 at 13:54 -0500, Colin Walters wrote:
> > On Thu, 2004-11-11 at 13:53 -0600, Charles wrote:
> > >   NetworkManager does not seem to work with the Atheros 5212 a/b/g mini
> > > pci card with madwifi driver.  I have gotten NetworkManager to work with
> > > other cards but with the Atheros 5212 it just keeps scanning network
> > > interfaces.  The Atheros 5212 works normally outside of NetworkManager.
> > 
> > What version of NM?  Older versions of NM had an explict whitelist, CVS
> > has fixed that.
> 
>   I am using the latest CVS.  I was unclear in my previous message.  I
> mean to say scanning for access points.  It is as if NetworkManager
> cannot properly scan APs with the 5212.  Even if it successfully makes a
> list of access points it never connects to one.

Does "iwlist eth1 scanning" work?  

Do you have any sense for how long associating with an access point
takes?  Could it be more than 5 seconds?