lodogg wrote:
> I am picking wireless networks near my home but I am having issues
> connecting to mine? Under the KDE gui setup it only lists WPA and WPA
> with TKIP but not WPA2 with AES. Is there a GUI feature that I am
> missing? Is there a flat file that I can alter to configure wireless
> for my laptop?
>
> /sbin/lspci -v
> 0c:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG
> [Golan] Network Connection (rev 02)
> Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 1020
> Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 220
> Memory at fe8ff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
> Capabilities: <access denied>
> Kernel driver in use: iwl3945
> Kernel modules: iwl3945
>
>
>
> #> /usr/sbin/iwlist scan
> lo Interface doesn't support scanning.
> eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
> wmaster0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
> wlan0 Scan completed :
> ESSID:"\x00"
>
> Mode:Master
>
> Channel:8
> Frequency:2.447 GHz (Channel 8)
> Quality=83/100 Signal level:-51 dBm Noise level=-127 dBm
> Encryption key
n
> IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
> Group Cipher : CCMP
> Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP
> Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
> Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
> 11 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
> 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
> Extra:tsf=00000002f312718b
>
> Extra: Last beacon: 5672ms ago
If you want to use configuration files, then you need to use YaST to
convert to "traditional ifup" control, which turns off NetworkManager.
You will also need to prepare a configuration file for wpa_supplicant;
however, this should not be necessary. The scan data for my system is
as follows:
eth1 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:1A:70:46:BA:B1
Channel:1
Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
Quality=64/70 Signal level=-46 dBm
Encryption key
n
ESSID:"lwfdjf_rad"
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=0000004057206416
Extra: Last beacon: 76624ms ago
IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
Group Cipher : CCMP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
That configuration was done with the NetworkManager GUI. Just
configure the connection with WPA and enter your PSK. The code is
smart enough to figure out that it needs to use CCMP (or AES).