Re: wpa

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Thu, 2006-04-27 at 22:25 +0200, Bo Lorentsen wrote:
> Jon Escombe wrote:
> 
> >> I have build a debian package for the nm-0.6.2 release and it works 
> >> out nice but, I an only able to enable the 3 WEP encryptions but I 
> >> find no WPA encryption.
> >>
> >> I know there is a reference to the "wpasupplicant" and I have 
> >> included this at the configure process, but I still don't get the 
> >> options in the "Create new network ..." dialogs. What am I missing ?
> >
> > NM populates that list of options dependent on the capabilities the 
> > card is reporting, what card/driver do you have?
> 
> That sounds really nice, I am getting more and more happy as a linux 
> user, and I think it is time to dig more into this dbus buisness ...
> 
> I am using ipw2200 in kernel 2.6.15, that may use the ieee80211 module 
> for encryption. Will an kernel update do the trick ?

You likely need to get the enc_capa patch for the ipw2200 driver to tell
NetworkManager that the card actually does support WPA.  See here:

http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2006-January/msg02283.html

Dan