Re: Does anyone understand NetworkManager?

[David Abrahams <dave boost-consulting com>]

Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com> writes:

> On Mon, 2006-08-14 at 10:46 -0400, David Abrahams wrote:
>> Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com> writes:
>> 
>> > On Mon, 2006-08-14 at 09:42 -0400, Darren Albers wrote:
>> >> When I saw your post I read the logs but didn't see anything that
>> >> would indicate a problem.  I vaguely remember some issues with hidden
>> >> SSID's that were fixed in 0.6.3 that the Ubuntu maintainer may not
>> >> have backported.  Can you try broadcasting your SSID and see if it
>> >> works?
>> >
>> > That would be a big help.  Some drivers (madwifi in particular) don't
>> > seem to work well with hidden SSIDs and wpa_supplicant and
>> > NetworkManager, and that interaction isn't well understood.  It has
>> > something to do with AP_SCAN and the network options that are passed to
>> > wpa_supplicant.
>> >
>> > Can you try with wpa_supplicant alone, constructing the necessary
>> > wpa_supplicant.conf, and see if that works?  Please use the 'wext'
>> > driver with wpa_suppliant.  
>> 
>> Could you point me at some detailed instructions?  I don't know how to
>> "try with wpa_supplicant alone" or set up its drivers.
>> Should I do this with or without hidden SSIDs?  With the Ubuntu
>> release, or something newer?
>
> Any document on setting up wpa_supplicant would work for this; just
> remember to stop NetworkManager first.  I don't have any links offhand,
> but the package for wpa_supplicant should include a sample config file
> that may get you started.

There's none in evidence.  Will look around for a HOWTO.

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Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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