Re: Problem changing authentication type for wireless connection

[Pat Suwalski <pat suwalski net>]

Rohit Kumbhar wrote:
> I 'm sorry I didn't put that question correctly. How does NM determine
> the authentication type for a *new* connection? The folder for <essid>
> hasn't been created under my
> .gconf/system/networking/wireless/networks/  yet.

The connection type comes from the feedback NetworkManager receives from 
wpa_supplicant. If you look at all the output in your log, I think it 
will become apparent how that works.

> The network is shown in the list of connectable [if thats a correct
> word] networks but was never connected successfully to. So as I
> understand, the <essid> folder will not be created under .gconf.

That's right, the values are set once you successfully connect. 
Otherwise, the settings would be cluttered with networks you never even 
connected to.

--Pat