I have an HP DM4 running Gnome3 on OpenSUSE 12.1
LSPCI shows the following wireless card
Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250
My AP shows up in network manager, but I cannot authenticate (I correctly enter my passphrase and Gnome Network Manager says “authentication failure”).
If I run the command
iwconfig wlan0 essid "(my essid)" key s:(my passphrase)
I get the following output:
Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A) :
SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument.
Has anyone else had problems with this wifi card? Any thoughts on what I should do next? I’m a bit of a linux noob and so any pointers would be helpful.
lspci -v outputs:
02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250 (rev 57)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250 2x2 AGN
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 43
Memory at b2400000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8]
Capabilities: [c8] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [d0] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [e0] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
Capabilities: [140] Device Serial Number 00-23-15-ff-ff-7d-de-40
Kernel driver in use: iwlagn
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What encryption are you using? If WEP, you cannot enter a passphrase. WEP only
works with the key.
Okay, I determined that it was caused by an ID-10-T error on my part. I was typing in the wrong password. I’m getting too old to work on computers at 4:00 AM. Thanks all.
Where, exactly, did you type in the password? I’m having a similar problem: given a WEP key (at any of several offices I visit), I’ve put it into several places in Yast and network manager but have not connected via Wi-Fi. Windows users tell me they see a dialog box when they try to connect on Wi-Fi, type in the key, and it works. Firefox and Thunderbird say they can’t connect or the connection was refused when I try wireless (wlan0). Both apps work fine on eth0.
Toshiba Satellite, Intel Centrino Wireless-N 1000 Wi-Fi chip, iwlagn kernel driver, openSuse 11.4, KDE 4. The ‘scan’ function finds the AP’s. I’ve read that network manager isn’t reliable for wireless, so tried Yast, iwconfig, and cinternet. Still looking for suggestions.
Thanks.
On 03/16/2012 02:46 PM, konsultor wrote:
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> Where, exactly, did you type in the password? I’m having a similar
> problem: given a WEP key (at any of several offices I visit), I’ve put
> it into several places in Yast and network manager but have not
> connected via Wi-Fi. Windows users tell me they see a dialog box when
> they try to connect on Wi-Fi, type in the key, and it works. Firefox
> and Thunderbird say they can’t connect or the connection was refused
> when I try wireless (wlan0). Both apps work fine on eth0.
> Toshiba Satellite, Intel Centrino Wireless-N 1000 Wi-Fi chip, ilagn
> kernel driver, openSuse 11.4, KDE 4. The ‘scan’ function finds the
> AP’s. I’ve read that network manager isn’t reliable for wireless, so
> tried Yast, iwconfig, and cinternet. Still looking for suggestions.
> Thanks.
From the applet in the system tray, click on it and then choose "
Manage Connections". In the screen that opens, select wireless and “Add”. Use
the “Scan option” and select the ESSID you want. Note that the WEP key MUST be
the hexadecimal one. Select the “Automatically Connect” option for the one you
want to always connect. If you get the key entered correctly, it will connect.
Thank you for the clear description. I may have selected the “pass phrase” radio button because that’s what “the Windows people” call it. I’ll try it when I get back to that office next week.
On 03/16/2012 11:06 PM, konsultor wrote:
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> Thank you for the clear description. I may have selected the “pass
> phrase” radio button because that’s what “the Windows people” call it.
> I’ll try it when I get back to that office next week.
It will not work with the passphrase!!! There are at least two different ways
to convert a phrase into a key. Windows and Linux use different schemes. You
must get the hexadecimal key from your IT staff.