Re: Connection sharing with WPA/WPA2

[John Mahoney <jmahoney waav com>]

On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Quintin Beukes <quintin last za net> wrote:

Are you sure the network is even established? Can you ping the other host?

You mentioned "ad-hoc". I've noticed NetworkManager has problems
establishing AdHoc networks using WPA. For the network doesn't
establish in the first place, so sharing won't work.

It should not have to be ad-hoc.  The wifi card is acting in ap(Access Point) mode.    

Maybe this is your problem as well?

try pinging the other host.

Quintin Beukes

On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 7:07 PM, Gonsolo <gonsolo gmail com> wrote:
> Am 17.01.2010 18:04, schrieb Marc Luethi:
>>
>> On Sun, 2010-01-17 at 17:37 +0100, Gonsolo wrote:
>>
>>> It works with WEP64 encryption but not with WPA/WPA2 encryption.
>>
>> If your notebook sets up an "ad hoc" WiFi network, you can't use WPA or
>> WPA2.
>>
>> AFAIK, the "ad hoc" WiFi mode is still limited to WEP encryption.
>>
>> With certain hardware/driver combinations it is possible to run your
>> hardware in "Access Point mode" - then this restriction does not apply,
>> of course.
>
> Ok, thanks. It seems to be "ad hoc". I think my WG511 card would allow WPA
> but I will continue to use WEP for now (since it is the easiest to do :) ).
>
> g
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