Re: Networkmanager not connecting to known network

["Darren Albers" <dalbers gmail com>]

On 7/28/07, Alex Janssen <alex ourwoods org> wrote:
> Aaron Konstam said the following on 07/09/2007 04:02 PM:
> > On Mon, 2007-07-09 at 10:36 -0400, Alex Janssen wrote:
> >
> >> Aaron Konstam said the following on 07/09/2007 10:28 AM:
> >>
> >>> Is it a wired or wireless network it is timing out on?
> >>> --
> >>>
> >>>
> >> My apologies if I've posted this question twice.  I could not find it in
> >> my email an thought it have vaporized somehow.
> >>
> >> It is wireless.  I have MAC filters setup for secrity.  Could that be a
> >> problem?  I can force a connect by creating a new network then selecting
> >> my network from the list.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Alex
> >>
> >>
> >>
> > I am sure. It will be interesting if there is a response form the
> > networkmanager-list.
> >
> > You could always remove the MAC filters and see if that makes a
> > difference.
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> Turning off MAC filters and setting up WEP seems to have fixed the
> auto-logon problem.  Shouldn't nm work with MAC filters and no WEP?  I
> thought that would be pretty simple security.
>
> Alex
>

MAC Filters are no security at all and shouldn't be relied on for
anything.   Regardless of this though it /should/ work with
NetworkManager but I have seen reports of people with issues like what
you described.    What type of wireless card is this?