On Saturday 20 September 2008 08:58:27 am Ken Heard wrote: > This laptop has Lenny installed. It has a built in IBM 3945 wireless > card. Once I installed the firmware-iwlwifi package the laptop > recognized this card and allowed me to configure it. While I usually > use a RJ-45 cable connection to connect to networks, I am presently > temporarily located where a wireless connection is more convenient. > <snip settings & explanations> > > These are the same settings I have been using all week, and now they > don't work. I would certainly like to know why, and what to do -- not > only to get the connection working again, but also to be able to > activate it on boot up. > > Regards, > > Ken Heard
I don't have a solution to the problem (which is that KDE's network manager has trouble with WEP keys), but I can offer my own workaround, with which I have had no problems so far: iwconfig wlan0 essid $wap_essid enc $wep_passkey; dhclient Replace (I hope obviously) the $ words with the actual values used. Basically, iwconfig handles WEP very well, whereas KNetworkManager is much better at handling WPA/2. At least in my experience. I am, fwiw, using the same card as you are. Hope this helps. Lee -- Lee Glidewell | PGP key: D5D686A7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
