RE: NM ask for passphrase everytime

[Yongtao You <yongtao hotmail com>]

>>> Does that mean this is a known issue in 0.6.4? Just want to make sure
>>> I didn't mis-configure it or anything.
>> 
>> It depends on quite a number of things.  This basically means that NM
>> cannot connect to your access point.  It might mean that:
>> 
>> 1) the SSID of your AP is hidden and you don't have an updated
>> NetworkManager or kernel that supports scan capabilities
> 
> SSID is not hidden.
> 
>> 2) you may have incorrectly specified the security settings of your AP.
>> Make sure when using WEP that you choose the right mode for your WEP key
>> (among ASCII, Passphrase, and Hex).
> 
> I double checked, triple checked. Everything looks good to me both in the config file and in the keyring.
> 
>> 3) Your wifi card driver may not be implementing Wireless Extensions
>> correctly
> 
> How can I find it out? Anything specific in the log file that I can check?
> 
>> Those are 3 reasons off the top of my head.  There were a number of
>> fixes in later versions of NM for issues like this, but since there are
>> quite a few reasons why the driver will fail to connect to the AP, we
>> can't say for sure...
>> 
>> Dan
> 
> Thanks for your time.
> Yongtao

Here's what NetworkManager.log says. When NM tried to connect to my wireless router on its own, it went like this...

... ..
Apr 30 21:27:36 saturn NetworkManager:   SUP: response was 'OK'
Apr 30 21:27:36 saturn NetworkManager:   SUP: sending command 'SET_NETWORK 0 wep_tx_keyidx 0'
Apr 30 21:27:36 saturn NetworkManager:   SUP: response was 'OK'
Apr 30 21:27:36 saturn NetworkManager:   SUP: sending command 'ENABLE_NETWORK 0'
Apr 30 21:27:36 saturn NetworkManager:   SUP: response was 'OK'
Apr 30 21:27:36 saturn NetworkManager:   Activation (eth1) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete.
Apr 30 21:27:53 saturn NetworkManager:  [1209616073.975744] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_alsa_sequencer').
Apr 30 21:27:54 saturn NetworkManager:  [1209616074.015619] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_284b_oss_pcm_0_0').
Apr 30 21:27:54 saturn NetworkManager:  [1209616074.050970] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_284b_oss_pcm_0_0_0').
Apr 30 21:27:54 saturn NetworkManager:  [1209616074.085331] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_284b_oss_mixer_0__1').
Apr 30 21:27:55 saturn NetworkManager:  [1209616075.436273] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_logicaldev_input').
Apr 30 21:27:55 saturn NetworkManager:   eth1: link timed out. Apr 30 21:28:13 saturn NetworkManager:   eth1: link timed out.
Apr 30 21:28:29 saturn NetworkManager:   Updating allowed wireless network lists.
Apr 30 21:28:29 saturn NetworkManager:   Old device 'eth1' activating, won't change.
Apr 30 21:28:29 saturn NetworkManager:   Activation (eth1/wireless): disconnected during association, asking for new key.
...

Looks like it connected OK, then something timed out, and NM decided to ask for new key.

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