Still no response to my posing earlier about ignoring AdHoc networks so I'll go at this from a a different angle. I'm attaching portions of my /var/log/messages file. It captures the NM output when I try and connect to the AP at one of my customer's sites. I'm also attaching the output of 'iwlist scan' from about the same time in case it's of any use. I cannot get my laptop (Dell Latitude D600, ipw2200, FC5) to connect to the wireless network here. I'm fine at my office and at two other sites. No-go here. I'd love to hear any suggestions to fix this. The SSID is 'gdot' and it uses an ASCII WEP key; no WPA. The APs are set to hide the SSID for some reason; no control over that. There are also a few laptops over here that have their cards set to AdHoc and using the same SSID. One other little nit... When I boot this machine while connected to the hard-line, I usually find it's using an auto-assigned address (169.something IIRC). Manually selecting the "Wired Network" entry in the NM applet fixes it quickly but not before some of my default start-up programs (evolution, firefox, soft-phone, etc) start balking. Is this typical? Paul -- Paul Dugas, Computer Engineer Dugas Enterprises, LLC paul dugas cc phone: 404-932-1355 522 Black Canyon Park http://dugas.cc fax: 866-751-6494 Canton, GA 30114 USA -- On site at GDOT's W.Annex, 404-463-2860 x199 -- This e-mail and any attachments are confidential. If you receive this message in error or are not the intended recipient, you should not retain, distribute, disclose or use any of this information and you should destroy the e-mail and any attachments or copies.
Mar 30 11:43:42 localhost NetworkManager: <information> User Switch: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/eth1 / gdot Mar 30 11:43:42 localhost NetworkManager: <information> Deactivating device eth1. Mar 30 11:43:44 localhost NetworkManager: <information> Device eth1 activation scheduled... Mar 30 11:43:44 localhost NetworkManager: <information> Deactivating device eth0. Mar 30 11:43:45 localhost NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1) started... Mar 30 11:43:45 localhost NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled... Mar 30 11:43:45 localhost NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started... Mar 30 11:43:45 localhost NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled... Mar 30 11:43:45 localhost NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete. Mar 30 11:43:45 localhost NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting... Mar 30 11:43:45 localhost NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1/wireless): access point 'gdot' is encrypted, but NO valid key exists. New key needed. Mar 30 11:43:45 localhost NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1) New wireless user key requested for network 'gdot'. Mar 30 11:43:45 localhost NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete. Mar 30 11:43:47 localhost NetworkManagerDispatcher: ntpd is running, stop Mar 30 11:43:47 localhost NetworkManagerDispatcher: init script /etc/init.d/firestarter missing or not executible Mar 30 11:44:15 localhost NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1) New wireless user key for network 'gdot' received. Mar 30 11:44:15 localhost NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled... Mar 30 11:44:15 localhost NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started... Mar 30 11:44:15 localhost NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled... Mar 30 11:44:15 localhost NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete. Mar 30 11:44:15 localhost NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting... Mar 30 11:44:15 localhost NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1/wireless): access point 'gdot' is encrypted, and a key exists. No new key needed. Mar 30 11:44:16 localhost NetworkManager: <information> SUP: sending command 'INTERFACE_ADD eth1 wext /var/run/wpa_supplicant ' Mar 30 11:44:16 localhost NetworkManager: <information> SUP: response was 'OK' Mar 30 11:44:16 localhost NetworkManager: <information> SUP: sending command 'AP_SCAN 1' Mar 30 11:44:16 localhost NetworkManager: <information> SUP: response was 'OK' Mar 30 11:44:16 localhost NetworkManager: <information> SUP: sending command 'ADD_NETWORK' Mar 30 11:44:16 localhost NetworkManager: <information> SUP: response was '0' Mar 30 11:44:16 localhost NetworkManager: <information> SUP: sending command 'SET_NETWORK 0 ssid 67646f74' Mar 30 11:44:16 localhost NetworkManager: <information> SUP: response was 'OK' Mar 30 11:44:16 localhost NetworkManager: <information> SUP: sending command 'SET_NETWORK 0 key_mgmt NONE' Mar 30 11:44:16 localhost NetworkManager: <information> SUP: response was 'OK' Mar 30 11:44:16 localhost NetworkManager: <information> SUP: sending command 'SET_NETWORK 0 wep_key0 <key>' Mar 30 11:44:16 localhost NetworkManager: <information> SUP: response was 'OK' Mar 30 11:44:16 localhost NetworkManager: <information> SUP: sending command 'SET_NETWORK 0 wep_tx_keyidx 0' Mar 30 11:44:16 localhost NetworkManager: <information> SUP: response was 'OK' Mar 30 11:44:16 localhost NetworkManager: <information> SUP: sending command 'ENABLE_NETWORK 0' Mar 30 11:44:16 localhost NetworkManager: <information> SUP: response was 'OK' Mar 30 11:44:16 localhost NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete. Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): Global control interface '/var/run/wpa_supplicant-global' Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): RX global ctrl_iface - hexdump_ascii(len=49): Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): 49 4e 54 45 52 46 41 43 45 5f 41 44 44 20 65 74 INTERFACE_ADD et Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): 68 31 09 09 77 65 78 74 09 2f 76 61 72 2f 72 75 h1__wext_/var/ru Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): 6e 2f 77 70 61 5f 73 75 70 70 6c 69 63 61 6e 74 n/wpa_supplicant Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): 09 _ Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): CTRL_IFACE GLOBAL INTERFACE_ADD 'eth1 wext /var/run/wpa_supplicant ' Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): Initializing interface 'eth1' conf 'N/A' driver 'wext' ctrl_interface '/var/run/wpa_supplicant' Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): Initializing interface (2) 'eth1' Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): EAPOL: SUPP_PAE entering state DISCONNECTED Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): EAPOL: KEY_RX entering state NO_KEY_RECEIVE Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): EAPOL: SUPP_BE entering state INITIALIZE Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): EAP: EAP entering state DISABLED Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): EAPOL: External notification - portEnabled=0 Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): EAPOL: External notification - portValid=0 Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): SIOCGIWRANGE: WE(compiled)=19 WE(source)=18 enc_capa=0xf Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): capabilities: key_mgmt 0xf enc 0xf Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): Own MAC address: 00:0e:35:7e:8a:b6 Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): wpa_driver_wext_set_wpa Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): =0 key_idx=0 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0 Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 key_idx=1 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0 Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 key_idx=2 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0 Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 key_idx=3 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0 Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): wpa_driver_wext_set_countermeasures Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): wpa_driver_wext_set_drop_unencrypted Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): Setting scan request: 0 sec 100000 usec Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): Added interface eth1 Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): Wireless event: cmd=0x8b06 len=8 Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): RX ctrl_iface - hexdump_ascii(len=9): Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): 41 50 5f 53 43 41 4e 20 31 AP_SCAN 1 Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): RX ctrl_iface - hexdump_ascii(len=11): Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): 41 44 44 5f 4e 45 54 57 4f 52 4b ADD_NETWORK Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): CTRL_IFACE: ADD_NETWORK Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): RX ctrl_iface - hexdump_ascii(len=27): Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): 53 45 54 5f 4e 45 54 57 4f 52 4b 20 30 20 73 73 SET_NETWORK 0 ss Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): 69 64 20 36 37 36 34 36 66 37 34 id 67646f74 Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): CTRL_IFACE: SET_NETWORK id=0 name='ssid' value='67646f74' Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): ssid - hexdump_ascii(len=4): Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): 67 64 6f 74 gdot Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): exdump_ascii(len=27): Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): 53 45 54 5f 4e 45 54 57 4f 52 4b 20 30 20 6b 65 SET_NETWORK 0 ke Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): 79 5f 6d 67 6d 74 20 4e 4f 4e 45 y_mgmt NONE Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): CTRL_IFACE: SET_NETWORK id=0 name='key_mgmt' value='NONE' Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): key_mgmt: 0x4 Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): RX ctrl_iface - hexdump_ascii(len=33): [REMOVED] Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): CTRL_IFACE: SET_NETWORK id=0 name='wep_key0' value='[REMOVED]' Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): wep_key0 - hexdump(len=5): [REMOVED] Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): RX ctrl_iface - hexdump_ascii(len=29): Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): 53 45 54 5f 4e 45 54 57 4f 52 4b 20 30 20 77 65 SET_NETWORK 0 we Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): 70 5f 74 78 5f 6b 65 79 69 64 78 20 30 p_tx_keyidx 0 Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): CTRL_IFACE: SET_NETWORK id=0 name='wep_tx_keyidx' value='0' Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): wep_tx_keyidx=0 (0x0) Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): RX ctrl_iface - hexdump_ascii(len=16): Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): 45 4e 41 42 4c 45 5f 4e 45 54 57 4f 52 4b 20 30 ENABLE_NETWORK 0 Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): CTRL_IFACE: ENABLE_NETWORK id=0 Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): Setting scan request: 0 sec 0 usec Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): State: DISCONNECTED -> SCANNING Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): Starting AP scan (broadcast SSID) Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): RX ctrl_iface - hexdump_ascii(len=6): Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): 41 54 54 41 43 48 ATTACH Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): r attached - hexdump(len=42): 2f 76 61 72 2f 72 75 6e 2f 4e 65 74 77 6f 72 6b 4d 61 6e 61 67 65 72 2f 77 70 61 5f 63 74 72 6c 5f 32 32 32 37 2d 33 00 00 00 Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): Scan timeout - try to get results Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): Received 715 bytes of scan results (4 BSSes) Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): Scan results: 4 Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): Selecting BSS from priority group 0 Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): 0: 00:0b:85:54:d3:75 ssid='<hidden>' wpa_ie_len=0 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x11 Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): skip - no WPA/RSN IE Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): 1: 5e:64:21:91:e3:a8 ssid='gdot' wpa_ie_len=0 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x12 Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): skip - no WPA/RSN IE Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): 2: 00:0b:85:55:05:05 ssid='<hidden>' wpa_ie_len=0 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x11 Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): skip - no WPA/RSN IE Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): 3: 2a:5c:0a:d5:aa:ea ssid='hpsetup' wpa_ie_len=0 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x2 Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): skip - no WPA/RSN IE Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): No suitable AP found. Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): Setting scan request: 5 sec 0 usec Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): Starting AP scan (broadcast SSID) Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): Scan timeout - try to get results Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): Received 715 bytes of scan results (4 BSSes) Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): Scan results: 4 Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): Selecting BSS from priority group 0 Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): 0: 00:0b:85:54:d3:75 ssid='<hidden>' wpa_ie_len=0 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x11 Mar 30 11:44:27 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(3415): skip - no WPA/RSN IE Mar 30 11:44:36 localhost NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1/wireless): association took too long (>20s), failing activation. Mar 30 11:44:36 localhost NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1) failure scheduled... Mar 30 11:44:36 localhost NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1) failed for access point (gdot) Mar 30 11:44:36 localhost NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1) failed. Mar 30 11:44:36 localhost NetworkManager: <information> Deactivating device eth1. Mar 30 11:44:38 localhost NetworkManager: <information> SWITCH: no current connection, found better connection 'eth0'.
eth1 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:0B:85:54:D3:75
ESSID:"<hidden>"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11bg
Mode:Master
Channel:6
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:54 Mb/s
Extra: Rates (Mb/s): 1 2 5.5 11 6 9 12 18 24 36 48 54
Quality=79/100 Signal level=-50 dBm
Extra: Last beacon: 120ms ago
Cell 02 - Address: 5E:64:21:91:E3:A8
ESSID:"gdot"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11b
Mode:Ad-Hoc
Channel:11
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:11 Mb/s
Extra: Rates (Mb/s): 1 2 5.5 11
Quality=71/100 Signal level=-57 dBm
Extra: Last beacon: 32ms ago
Cell 03 - Address: 2A:5C:0A:D5:AA:EA
ESSID:"hpsetup"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11b
Mode:Ad-Hoc
Channel:11
Encryption key:off
Bit Rates:11 Mb/s
Extra: Rates (Mb/s): 1 2 5.5 11
Quality=48/100 Signal level=-72 dBm
Extra: Last beacon: 20ms ago
Cell 04 - Address: 00:0B:85:55:05:05
ESSID:"<hidden>"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11bg
Mode:Master
Channel:1
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:54 Mb/s
Extra: Rates (Mb/s): 1 2 5.5 11 6 9 12 18 24 36 48 54
Quality=70/100 Signal level=-58 dBm
Extra: Last beacon: 956ms ago
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