WPA, WPA2, or LEAP with NetworkManager?

I have a Dell XPS M1330 notebook with Intel 3945ABG wireless card (and
also tried with the Dell-branded Broadcom card) running openSUSE 10.3.
I cannot seem to get WPA, WPA2, or LEAP wireless connections to work
via NetworkManager, and I've tested with two different access points
from two different vendors.

Open wireless and WEP connections do work, but NetworkManager and
wpa_supplicant don't seem to be working their magic correctly
together.

Any ideas how to troubleshoot this and correct the problem? Thanks.


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sipples wrote:

>
> I have a Dell XPS M1330 notebook with Intel 3945ABG wireless card (and
> also tried with the Dell-branded Broadcom card) running openSUSE 10.3.
> I cannot seem to get WPA, WPA2, or LEAP wireless connections to work
> via NetworkManager, and I've tested with two different access points
> from two different vendors.
>
> Open wireless and WEP connections do work, but NetworkManager and
> wpa_supplicant don't seem to be working their magic correctly
> together.
>
> Any ideas how to troubleshoot this and correct the problem? Thanks.

I have minor hassles with the 3945abg wireless myself - frequently takes a
couple of attempts before I get a connection if the initial attempt fails.
Biggest cause of misses here is selecting the wrong protocol when entering
the key - user error. I use almost exclusively WPA but WPA2 works as well.
Never had a chance to specifically try LEAP so I can't say how that works.

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I should point out that I'm using the iwl3495 (iwlwifi) version of the
driver, not the older ipw driver. However, I've tried both, and
NetworkManager isn't negotiating WPA, WPA2, or LEAP via wpa_supplicant
and the driver it seems. But I don't know exactly how to troubleshoot
this.

Thanks for any advice.


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