Will Fiesty support WPA?

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Turbo Audi · #1 Post by **Turbo Audi** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 5:54 pm

Basic question. Can never seem to get network manager working. Anyone know the answer?

frankausmtank · #2 Post by **frankausmtank** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 2:24 pm

I'm running edgy with wpa2 encryption, so I guess the answer is 'yes'.

Volker · #3 Post by **Volker** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 2:25 pm

Networkmanager works well with the most common wireless network types. If you have a normal WPA setup it will work fine. If you have a complicated two-phase authentification with WPA Enterprise then it might not support that yet. Look into /var/log/messages and see which kind of error you get.

Turbo Audi · #4 Post by **Turbo Audi** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 3:07 pm

Out of the box edgy is WEP only. I can never seem to get network manager working! There is a new app called Connection Manager, I believe that is what its called, Ill try that. Last I heard it was in beta.

seneca · #5 Post by **seneca** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 3:09 pm

I've had lots of problems with network-manager-gnome, it took a long time for me to get it to work.

I had to compile drivers, network manager, wpa_supplicant etc etc....

But by a coincidence, I tried Automatix2 and selected Networkmanager.

And after a reboot, voila! It worked with WPA!...

And good times were held by all.

Turbo Audi · #6 Post by **Turbo Audi** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 12:04 am

Interesting, Ill try it with Automatix2. Thanks.

Spif · #7 Post by **Spif** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 7:59 am

WAP worked out-of-box for me on both Dapper and Edgy.

magnus · #8 Post by **magnus** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 7:18 am

WPASupplicant is a brilliant piece of software for running WPA (once you get it set up properly). It's what Networkmanager uses as a back-end, afaik.

Either way, it involves a bit of config-file diving, but once it's set up it behaves exactly as you want it to.

Dead1nside · #9 Post by **Dead1nside** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 10:44 pm

I think the key here is 'once it's set up'.

I remember trying to get Fedora Core 5 & 6 setup to work with my DrayTek 2600G router (WPA Encryption). Such a hassle.

Fedora didn't turn on NetworkManager by default, big mistake. My T41p has an Atheros chip so I needed to download madwifi, configure it. wpa_supplicant wasn't clearly shown to be installed in Fedora Core 5, it is more obvious now. So trying to link them all together, still wouldn't accept my wireless.

The madwifi drivers aren't very good performance wise. Not their fault.

fuligin · #10 Post by **fuligin** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 5:49 pm

I was able to access wpa by following this guide which works for ubuntu 6.10

http://www.debianadmin.com/enable-wpa-w ... linux.html

Now i dont know if the krader and other app for wireless are needed or not.

Additionally from wut ive been reading and experiancing, wifi signal is very week on 6.10.

Hope it helps

icantux · #11 Post by **icantux** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 11:34 am

Well one could always increase the transmit power on the wifi card.

Done that on my atheros using the "txpower" option of "iwconfig" - example:

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# iwconfig athX txpower nn

nn - test power levels up to 50dB. Start at a mid-range level of 18 or so...
(all in the man pages folks!)

Cheers!

fuligin · #12 Post by **fuligin** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 7:28 am

Oh wow, as if tinkering with ubuntu isnt enough. But am up for it, so your saying that i can increase the amount of sensetivity of my wifi card. hmm really like this idea, never looked into the matter before.
In that case why wouldnt I just put it to the maximum level?
Will this effect anything, in terms of lifespan of the wifi card etc.

so i just run terminal and put in the code u just mentioned an i should have a panel or something?

toad · #13 Post by **toad** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 5:52 am

I have found that installing knetworkmanager got rid of all my network worries, whether it is open, wep, wpa or wpa2! You click on it, input the key and off you go...

And yes, you can install it on gnome, too.

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