On Wed, 2004-11-03 at 00:24 +0100, Ziga Mahkovec wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-11-02 at 11:52 -0500, Dan Williams wrote:
> > NetworkManager first tries to explicitly connect to the requested AP
> > with Shared Key mode, then unencrypted mode.
>
> What about Open System mode? NetworkManager fails to associate when my
> access point is set to Open System mode, yet works fine in Shared Key
> mode. I can make Open System mode work by manually slipping in an
> "iwconfig wlan0 key open".
>
> Given that Open System authentication is believed to be more secure (or
> should I say less neighbor-friendly), I think it should be supported as
> well.
>
> I use the ipw2100 driver (0.57) and NetworkManager from CVS.
I *think* this is because ipw's drivers don't set "open" when you set a
key by default, and networkmanager is expecting that all drivers do it
that way, but I haven't investigated this very thoroughly.
--
Peter
"What is a magician but a practicing theorist?"
-- Kenobi