On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 07:25:56PM +1000, James Rayner wrote: > On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 7:22 PM, David C. Rankin > <drankina...@suddenlinkmail.com> wrote: > > Listmates, > > > > My second Arch box is now complete (well almost:-) This time a > > desktop box > > with a zytel wireless lan adapter using the TI acx chipset and its firmware > > 2 > > is the acx111_2.3.1.31/tiacx111c16 firmware slice. The card is detected and > > works fine it think... I can open kwifimanager and it has my access point > > associated and I can watch the generic packets blip by and watch the > > strength > > meter do its thing, but I cannot authenticate :-( > > > > My system is WPA, and no matter how hard I looked, I couldn't find > > anything in > > Arch that would all me to configure the wireless as anything other than WEP. > > Bummer. Wep isn't allowed within 500 feet of anything I deal with. After > > spending a little time playing with aircrack, if you haven't already, you > > will > > definitely feel the same. Most wep secured wireless networkss can be > > cracked in > > less than 30 seconds. (why do you think I'm never without a wireless > > connection > > -- no matter where I go;-) > > > > So what tools are available to configure this acx111 card to use > > WPA-TKIP or > > WPA2? In that other Linux OS, the knetworkmanager utility did a great job > > with > > the Atheros bashed card in my laptop, XP has no problems with the card (this > > box is dual boot) so I know the hardware works fine. Any suggestions? > > netcfg, it's in core and is recommended on the Wireless Setup page... > http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Netcfg >
My preference is wpa_auto: <http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=21491>
