On Monday 08 March 2010 17:42:20 Patrick Boutilier wrote: > On 03/08/2010 01:14 PM, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Monday 08 March 2010 17:00:56 Patrick Boutilier wrote: > >> On 03/08/2010 12:55 PM, Anne Wilson wrote: > >>> On Monday 08 March 2010 16:40:00 Martin Kho wrote: > >>>> ... and you're sure your kernel-module is loaded? The right one? > >>> > >>> ipw2200 firmware? yes, I'm sure that it's installed. > >> > >> What does iwconfig show? > > > > eth0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"Lydgate2" > > Nickname:"anne-laptop.lydgate.net" > > > > Mode:Managed Frequency:2.422 GHz Access Point: > > 0xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx Bit Rate:54 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm > > Sensitivity=8/0 > > Retry limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off > > Encryption key: long string > > > > Security mode:open #should be WPA-PSK > > > > Power Management:off > > Link Quality=99/100 Signal level=-22 dBm Noise level=-92 dBm > > Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:11 Rx invalid frag:0 > > Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 > > > > Note that it says eth0, not wlan0. I'll copy the ifcfg to eth0 and see > > if that makes any difference. > > Encryption key: long string > Security mode:open #should be WPA-PSK > > That looks to me like you are using WEP. > > > Mine on WPA2 looks like: > > Encryption key:off > Power Management:off > > > > NetworkManager actually handles the keys: > > > NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0/wireless): connection 'GGGGG' > has security, and secrets exist. No new secrets needed. > NetworkManager: <info> Config: added 'ssid' value 'GGGGG' > NetworkManager: <info> Config: added 'scan_ssid' value '1' > NetworkManager: <info> Config: added 'key_mgmt' value 'WPA-PSK' > NetworkManager: <info> Config: added 'psk' value '<omitted>' > I've been using WPA-PSK for years, and the router is definitely set to use WPA-PSK. It's all very puzzling. I don't understand why I'm only being offered the possiblity of WEP - I've never used it - ever. Anne -- KDE Community Working Group New to KDE Software? - get help from http://userbase.kde.org -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 198 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part. Url : http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/kde/attachments/20100308/c5ad3b96/attachment.bin
