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From: Mike Edenfield <kutulu@××××××.org> |
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> > On 12/2/2009 9:17 PM, BRM wrote: |
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> > I have wireless working (b43legacy driver for the Dell Wireless Broadcom) 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 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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> Probably not what you wanted to hear, but I had the exact same problem with the Dell bcm-based adapter in my Inspiron laptop. |
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> It would work fine for open wireless and WEP-secured wireless, but wouldn't associated with a WPA-secured access point. |
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> Eventually I spent about $30 to purchase an iwl3945 replacement from Dell, which worked fine, and never looked back. |
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Thanks for the heads up. |
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At this point, I'll be happy if I can just get WEP working using WPA Supplicant/WiCD/etc. instead of a root user centric configuration file. |
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Ben |
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