On 18 August 2010 03:56, CJoeB wrote:
> Haven't tried this yet - just got the e-mail and it's almost 11:00 p.m.
> and time for me to "hit the sack". However, I wanted to point this
> out. This test was copied from dmesg. Unless, I am misreading this, it
> looks like the driver is working. The
> Wicd require wpa_supplicant because that's what it uses, not you. Wicd
> does all the hard work, you just give it the password etc. and let it get
> on with things.
What is hard with wpa_supplicant? It is just three lines:
wpa_passphrase [passphrase] > /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
wpa_supplicant
On Tue, 17 Aug 2010 22:49:23 +, CJoeB wrote:
> More than anything, I am acknowledging this response. My understanding
> is that Wicd requires wpa-supplicant. I don't know that I'm ready to
> try to tackle the setup of wpa-supplicant - it's supposed to be harder
> (it looks harder from what I
On 18/08/10 12:56, CJoeB wrote:
> On 08/18/10 01:12, Jake Moe wrote:
>> On 18/08/10 09:04, CJoeB wrote:
>>> On 08/17/10 10:55, Jake Moe wrote:
On 08/17/10 11:55, Adam Carter wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm biting the bullet here and asking for help. Yes! I've posted
>> before. A
This is a full protocol of all steps I need to do to get wlan0 running
with wpa_supplicant:
http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Asus_PRO52H#Network
Al
On 08/18/10 01:12, Jake Moe wrote:
> On 18/08/10 09:04, CJoeB wrote:
>> On 08/17/10 10:55, Jake Moe wrote:
>>> On 08/17/10 11:55, Adam Carter wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm biting the bullet here and asking for help. Yes! I've posted
> before. And before anyone asks, I have read the res
On 18/08/10 09:04, CJoeB wrote:
> On 08/17/10 10:55, Jake Moe wrote:
>> On 08/17/10 11:55, Adam Carter wrote:
Hi,
I'm biting the bullet here and asking for help. Yes! I've posted
before. And before anyone asks, I have read the responses to my
previous posts which helpe
On 08/17/10 10:55, Jake Moe wrote:
> On 08/17/10 11:55, Adam Carter wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm biting the bullet here and asking for help. Yes! I've posted
>>> before. And before anyone asks, I have read the responses to my
>>> previous posts which helped little. I have read the documentation
On 08/17/10 08:36, David Abbott wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 9:45 PM, CJoeB wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm biting the bullet here and asking for help.
> I would suggest using Wicd [0] and disable all !net.* rc scripts
> depending on the version of baselayout /openrc you have the file to
> edit [1]
>> Then you need to compile the password for wpa_supplicant with
>> wpa_password.
>> It doesn´t take the plain passphrase.
>
> It does for me;
>
> For pre-shared keys
> psk="plainpassphrase"
>
> For .1x/EAP
> password="plainpassphrase"
>
Interesting. I'll give it a try.
By the way, what I really
>
> Then you need to compile the password for wpa_supplicant with wpa_password.
> It doesn´t take the plain passphrase.
>
It does for me;
For pre-shared keys
psk="plainpassphrase"
For .1x/EAP
password="plainpassphrase"
> When I got this to work, I thought I was home free despite the "kludgy"
> way of getting wireless working. However, I rebooted and now, when I
> type iwlist wlan0 scan I get told that scanning is not supported. Yes,
> I have iwl3945-ucode installed and yes, it was recompiled after the
> kernel
@ CJoeB
It can be really hard. I needed days. There is more than one difficulty.
For example I needed to set my laptop type in the kernel (asus_laptop).
Without that, the card is not turned on at all, even if the card driver itself
is loaded.
Then you need to compile the password for wpa_supplic
> I would suggest using Wicd [0] and disable all !net.* rc scripts
AFAIK Wicd is just a graphical frontend to wpa_supplicant.
So I would recommend to try wpa_supplicant on the command line to get
full feedback.
And once the card is running you maybe don't really need a graphical
frontend at all
On 08/17/10 11:55, Adam Carter wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm biting the bullet here and asking for help. Yes! I've posted
>> before. And before anyone asks, I have read the responses to my
>> previous posts which helped little. I have read the documentation and
>> the wikis - ad nauseum. I'm still h
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 9:45 PM, CJoeB wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm biting the bullet here and asking for help.
I would suggest using Wicd [0] and disable all !net.* rc scripts
depending on the version of baselayout /openrc you have the file to
edit [1] will change.
[0] http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Wic
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm biting the bullet here and asking for help. Yes! I've posted
> before. And before anyone asks, I have read the responses to my
> previous posts which helped little. I have read the documentation and
> the wikis - ad nauseum. I'm still having problems with wireless.
>
> Things w
Hi,
I'm biting the bullet here and asking for help. Yes! I've posted
before. And before anyone asks, I have read the responses to my
previous posts which helped little. I have read the documentation and
the wikis - ad nauseum. I'm still having problems with wireless.
Things were so much easi
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