Re: Cannot connect to any WLAN with NM-Fedora 7-ndiswrapper

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Fri, 2007-10-12 at 00:07 -0400, Andrew Pegram wrote:
> Hello all
> 
> I don't know if it actually went out the last time I sent this, so I'm
> sending it again (sorry for the repeat, if it is one).
> 
> I'm having an issue with connecting to wireless networks through NM.
> It will connect to wired networks just fine, but it refuses to connect
> to any type of wireless network (secured WEP/WPA or unsecured). I have
> checked the syslog and found the following warning (sensitive
> information removed): 
> 
> Oct 6 23:42:06 <Hostname> NetworkManager: <WARN>
> nm_device_802_11_wireless_set_essid(): error setting ESSID to '' for
> device wlan0: Invalid argument
> 
> I know that the program can read the ESSID from the network because
> earlier in the log, it has: 
> 
> Oct 6 23:41:44 <Hostname> NetworkManager: <info> User
> Switch: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/wlan0 / VCU
> 
> ('VCU' is the ESSID)
> 
> I've tried reinstalling everything to do with NetworkManager and
> ndiswrapper, and nothing seems to be working. If I haven't posted
> enough information, I can post everything in the log from the time I
> select the WLAN in the drop-down menu until it stops trying to
> connect. 

During an association attempt, can you run the program "iwevent" (it
might be in /sbin or /usr/sbin) and reply with it's output?

Thanks!
Dan

> Thank you for your time,
> Andrew
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