Re: kde (again)?

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Thu, 2005-12-15 at 09:28 -0800, Michael Blakeley wrote:
> It almost works :-). The only WEP network I use is "closed" - that is, 
> it doesn't advertise its essid. So I have to set the essid manually, 
> from the command line. When I do that, "my-closed-network" shows up in 
> the nm-applet menu. If I select it, a gnome-keyring pops up to ask for 
> my password, and then nm-applet connects to the network and gets an IP.

Which version of NetworkManager?

This should work as long as you don't have a Cisco card as your main
card.  The Cisco firmware doesn't report the BSSID of hidden networks
like other cards do.  Therefore, we have no idea that the network is
even present.

If you do an 'iwlist eth<x> scanning', does the BSSID of your access
point show up in the list?  It will look something like:

          Cell 09 - Address: 00:06:25:E7:65:C5
                    ESSID:""
                    Protocol:IEEE 802.11b
                    Mode:Master
                    Channel:11
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rate:11 Mb/s
                    Extra: Rates (Mb/s): 1 2 5.5 11
                    Quality=25/100  Signal level=-84 dBm
                    Extra: Last beacon: 1476ms ago

You might have to do a couple scans to get your AP in the list.  If this
doesn't work at all, what card, driver, and firmware version do you
have?  Hidden networks might usually take a few seconds to show up in
NetworkManager, as not every AP is listed in every scan the card
reports.  Therefore, it takes a few scans to get a composite list that's
complete enough to match the BSSID of your hidden AP with the BSSID
we've got stored in GConf for it.

Dan