On Thu, 2009-10-15 at 21:14 +0400, Sergey Smirnov wrote: > 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 > +++-================-================-================================================ > ii network-manager- 0.8~a~git.200910 network management framework > (GNOME frontend) How exactly are you getting to that front-end? nm-connection-editor upstream has an "Authentication" dropdown with both Open System and Shared Key modes, as seen in the attached screenshot. This shoudl also be what Ubuntu Karmic shows as well. Does yours not look like this? Dan > 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 > >>> > >>> > >
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