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KDE 4 doesn't have an official network manager yet. you can use |
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net-misc/wicd, it works nice. |
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On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 2:17 AM, BRM <bm_witness@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> I have wireless working (b43legacy driver for the Dell Wireless Broadcom) |
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> through a static configuration in /etc/conf.d/net - basically: |
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> essid_wlan0="myWLAN" |
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> key_MYWLAN="somekey" |
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> config_MYWLAN=( "dhcp" ) |
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> preferred_APS= ( "myWLAN" ) |
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> I would like to use a tool like WPA Supplicant instead so I can have a more |
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> dynamic configuration. |
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> I've tried to setup WPA supplicant but haven't been able to get it to work. |
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> My last attempt was with: |
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> modules=( "wpa_supplicant" ) |
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> wpa_supplicant_wlan0="-Dwext" |
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> wpa_timeout_wlan0=15 |
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> I also tried the iwconfig setup: |
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> modules=( "iwconfig" ) |
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> iwconfig_wlan0="mode managed" |
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> wpa_timeout_wlan0=15 |
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> Both these were based on configurations I found while researching gentoo |
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> wireless configurations: |
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> http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Wireless_Networking |
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> the wpa_supplicant man page possibly suggests uses "-Dbroadcom", but the |
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> following supports "-Dwext" since I have the b43legacy driver working |
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> (firmware extracted using b43-fwcutter a while back; dmesg reports version |
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> 0x127). |
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> http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43 |
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> I have both the iwconfig utilities and wpa supplicant installed. When I |
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> used wpa supplicant with either configuration it would just keep searching. |
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> Now, my wireless configuration is currently WEP; and I'd like to upgrade to |
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> WPA/WPA2 once I can get a wireless tool on the system as well. |
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> Is there anything I'm doing wrong with the configuration above? |
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> Also - what is the correct GUI for configuring connections under KDE4? I |
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> know of the WPA Supplicant GUI; and the GNOME GUI; but would like something |
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> under more directly KDE4. |
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> KNemo just puts up monitors that are pretty useless (though look pretty). |
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> TIA, |
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> Ben |
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> P.S. It seems my Linksys WRT54G v3 needs a firmware update for WPA2. So |
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> right now, I'd just like to be able to configure dynamically for my WEP |
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> network; then I'll focus on going to WPA/WPA2. |
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Crístian Deives dos Santos Viana [aka CD1] |
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Sent from Campinas, SP, Brazil |
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