Wireless connection password/passphrase keeps getting messed

English Network/Internet
#1

I instaled openSuse 11 64 bits from live cd, accessing the Internet throw my wireless adapter, and everything seemed to be ok (except for a small bug on grub).

Then, when I booted from HD, it could not connect to the Internet, and I saw that the password was turned into a bunch of letters and numbers. I changed again to the correct password and clicked ok. It could not connect and it had changed again to the messed password.

I deleted the configuration, set it from zero, but the same.

Keep in mind I was for sure using it from live cd. But now it always save my wireless connection password/passphrase messed.

DOes anyone has any idea of what is that??

tks

#2

mamendes wrote:
>
> Keep in mind I was for sure using it from live cd. But now it always
> save my wireless connection password/passphrase messed.
>
> DOes anyone has any idea of what is that??

An encryption passphrase is ALWAYS converted to a hexadecimal key that
is the required value for the handshaking with the AP. That key is
probably the bunch of numbers and letters that you report.

If you are using WEP, please be aware that there are at least 2 ways
to convert a passphrase to a key, and they are incompatible.

Larry

#3

Also make sure you have wpa_supplicant installed.

#4

But even on the password field of the connection dialog that it shows to me when it could not connect to the wireless network?

If you are using WEP, please be aware that there are at least 2 ways
to convert a passphrase to a key, and they are incompatible.

I’m using WPA-PSK.

Also make sure you have wpa_supplicant installed.

I’ll check that and return here.

#5

Well, I installed wpa_supplicant and wpa_gui, changed conf file to add the

network={
ssid=“simple”
psk=“very secret passphrase”
priority=5
}

inserting my ssid and psk, called wpa_gui, it starts with fields (adapter, network) empties and the messages on the terminal:

~> /usr/sbin/wpa_gui
Failed to open control connection to wpa_supplicant.
PING failed - trying to reconnect
PING failed - trying to reconnect

Clicked File -> Add Network, entered my info and I get a “Failed to enable network in wpa_supplicant configuration” message.

I really didn’t understand how things got so complicated, it was working on live cd.