tags 361314 wontfix thanks Matijs van Zuijlen wrote: > On Mon, Apr 10, 2006 at 10:37:21AM +0200, Michael Biebl wrote: >> With 0.6 you need wpa_supplicant for both WEP and WPA encryption. There >> is currently no other way. > > That's what I feared. > >> I tried to start a discussion on the >> NetworkManager mailing list to fall back on libiw (iwconfig) for WEP >> encryption if no wpa_supplicant is available. Let's hope that the NM >> devs will consider that option. > > That would be good. Also, it probably shouldn't be too hard for > wpa_supplicant to support Airport cards. That would be a good thing, since > then I can finally start using WPA.
I discussed this issue with Dan Williams, the upstream developer and here is his response: >> > since NM 0.6, wpa_supplicant is a dependency for WEP encrypted wireless >> > networks. If the wpa_supplicant binary is not found, the connection >> > fails. Wouldn't it make sense if NM falls back in this case to the >> > wireless extensions library libiw and sets the WEP key without the need >> > for a running wpa_supplicant? > > Yes, but IMHO requiring wpa_supplicant isn't that much of an issue for a > few reasons: > > 1) you need it for WPA and 802.1x stuff anyway > 2) it overlaps a lot with NM > 3) Using it exclusively removes quite a bit of nasty code from NM > > You can argue either way, but I decided that since using wpa_supplicant > for everything makes NetworkManager a lot simpler, it was the way to go. > > Dan > So, wpa_supplicant is the way to go. That is why I won't change NM to make wpa_supplicant support optional because I don't want to divert that much from upstream. So I tagged this bug wontfix. The best way is to fix the driver (supporting the wext inteface) and not NM to add workarounds for each buggy driver. Chances are good that your network card will be supported in 2.6.17, they added the BCM43xx driver which should work with your card and according to [1] even support WPA. Would you mind to test 2.6.17-rc4 and report back if it works (with NM)? Cheers, Michael http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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