Re: NM -- does it actually work?

[Ryan Novosielski <novosirj umdnj edu>]

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wpa_supplicant is unnecessary for an open non-WPA connection anyway, really.

Second off, it should not be running on its own as a daemon if you're
running any of the current stable releases -- NM launches it on demand.
I wouldn't be surprised if this were causing you trouble.

=R

yoyo opennet ro wrote:
> Hi list,
> 
> First of all, I'm not sure that this is the correct list to ask this, but
> since this is the NM-list...
> 
> Secondly, sorry for the "offending" subject.
> 
> The problem: FC 6 on a dell d820 with a tg3 and a ipw3945. Both are
> configured to get their ip addresses by dhcp and not to start at boot. My
> problem is with the wireless configuration. Running by hand the 2-3
> commands to connect to the ap (which is open by the way - no wep no
> nothing, just connect to it and your done) but since redhat/the
> community(FC)/gnome is giving away this brilliant (at least in theory)
> piece of software that allows you to roam through any kind of connection
> types I wanted to have it run and not bother with anything that's not "out
> of the box" (UI wise). Running with nm-applet trying to connect to my AP
> is a no go every time. When I click on the applet I can see the AP, the
> signal strength everything. After it associates to the AP, it seems like
> it forgets to start the dhcp client request.
> 
> Running daemons:
> NetworkManager
> NetworkManagerDispatcher
> wpa_supplicant
> 
> weird enough, when I click connect on the applet, it spawns another
> wpa_supplicant with the argument "-g /var/run/wpa_supplicant-global".
> 
> wpa_supplicant.conf :
> ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
> ctrl_interface_group=wheel
> eapol_version=1
> fast_reauth=1
> 
> network={
>         ssid="any"
>         key_mgmt=NONE
> }
> 
> I am in wheel group.
> 
> nm-tool output :
> nm-tool
> 
> NetworkManager Tool
> 
> State: disconnected
> 
> - Device: eth1
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>   NM Path:           /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/eth1
>   Type:              802.11 Wireless
>   Driver:            ipw3945
>   Active:            no
>   HW Address:        00:18:DE:6F:E0:4B
> 
>   Capabilities:
>     Supported:       yes
>     Speed:           48 Mb/s
> 
>   Wireless Settings
>     Scanning:        yes
>     WEP Encryption:  yes
>     WPA Encryption:  yes
>     WPA2 Encryption: yes
> 
>   Wireless Networks (* = Current Network)
>     opennet:         Infrastructure Mode, Freq 0.000 MHz, Rate 62 Mb/s,
> Strength 62%
> 
> 
> - Device: eth0
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>   NM Path:           /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/eth0
>   Type:              Wired
>   Driver:            tg3
>   Active:            no
>   HW Address:        00:15:C5:B0:B6:81
> 
>   Capabilities:
>     Supported:       yes
>     Carrier Detect:  yes
> 
>   Wired Settings
>     Hardware Link:   no
> 
> I truly want to enjoy this very useful software but first it has to work.
> After trying to understand it and make it work for almost 24h, I'm tired
> and bitter about it.
> 
> Thank you in advance for your help,
> Adrian
> 
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