Re: ipw2100 & Security mode:restricted

[Sergey Smirnov <svs1957 gmail com>]

dpkg -l network-manager-gnome
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| 
Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Имя           Версия     Описание
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ii  network-manager- 0.8~a~git.200910 network management framework 
(GNOME frontend)

Dan Williams wrote:
> 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