Re: NetworkManager vs. AR5212 802.11abg Wireless NIC

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Thu, 2005-01-13 at 22:49 -0500, Lance A. Brown wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've been trying to get NM working on my Thinkpad T41 with an the IBM
> Atheros AR5212 802.11abg NIC.  I just installed the latest RPM and am
> still struggling.
> 
> The behavior I'm seeing now is quite weird.  I have a linksys WRT54G
> running in G-only mode on channel 11 with a 128 WEP key.  When I start
> NM and try to connect to the AP I see ath0 cycle through the b/g
> frequencies, hit the a freqs, and then get stuck cycling through only
> the a frequenciecs.  Is NM doing something to lock my NIC into 802.11a
> mode somehow?

What version of NetworkManager are you using?  I fixed some code about a
week ago that accidentally locked Atheros cards at a specific freqency,
that should be fixed as of last week in CVS.

Dan