Re: ipw2100 & Security mode:restricted

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Wed, 2009-10-14 at 23:07 +0400, Sergey Smirnov wrote:
> Thank you Dan for your answer.
> I can set "Shared Key" auth mode in KDE NM editor.
> And I did this on other notebook with KDE.
> But Gmone nm-manager-editor doesn't show me this field (auth mode)
> It has only "Type of auth" and "Value of key"

Can you take a screenshot of the "Gnome nm-manager-editor" for me?  I'm
not quite clear on what specific program it is, but sounds like the
0.6.x editor perhaps.  Thanks!

Dan

> Dan Williams wrote:
> > On Tue, 2009-10-13 at 08:07 +0400, Sergey Smirnov wrote:
> >> Hello
> >> I use ad-hoc wi-fi with wep to connect few divice in home network.
> >> One notebook (IBM ThinkPad R40) has Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless LAN 
> >> 2100 wi-fi adapter.
> >> When I joint the ad-hoc using networkmanager it set:
> >> Security mode:open instead of Security mode:resticted
> >> and network doesn't work.
> >> If I manually set
> >> iwconfig wlan0 key s:XXXXXXXXXXXXX resticted
> >> network work fine.
> >> After some time NM again reset key mode to open and network down.
> > 
> > Try choosing "Shared Key" auth mode in the connection editor.
> > Right-click on the wifi icon in the menu bar, choose "Edit connections".
> > Click the "Wireless" tab, adn double-click your adhoc connection.  On
> > the wireless security page, choose "Shared Key" auth method, then hit OK
> > everywhere and try the connection again.
> > 
> > I'm somewhat dubious that Shared Key is actually legal with adhoc, so it
> > may just be driver problems too.
> > 
> > Dan
> > 
> >