Re: NM -- does it actually work?

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Fri, 2007-02-23 at 13:56 -0500, Ryan Novosielski wrote:
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> wpa_supplicant is unnecessary for an open non-WPA connection anyway, really.

NM uses wpa_supplicant for all wireless connections, open, WEP, WPA,
whatever.  It's just silly to have two paths for bringing up a wireless
connection, one in NM and one in wpa_supplicant.

> 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.

Right; don't run your own copy if you want to use NM.

Dan


> =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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