F8 NetworkManager & WPA2 PSK

[Aaron Konstam]

On Fri, 2007-11-09 at 19:38 +0100, Bernd Bartmann wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I just installed Fedora 8 on my DELL Latitude D620 with Intel WLAN
> card and so far everything is looking really good besides that I can't
> get a connection to my WLAN access point.
> The AP is an Linksys WRT54GL, the ESSID is set to hidden and it has
> WPA2 PSK enabled. I've no problem connecting from WinXP
> In Fedora 8 I enabled the services NetworkManager &
> NetworkManagerDispatcher (BTW: Why are these services not enabled by
> default?). After logging in into GNOME I see the NetworkManager tray
> icon, click on it and select "Connect to an other wireless network".
> It then asks me to enter the ESSID and after that I can select the
> auth type, but there is no option for "WPA2 PSK". It offers me "WPA
> PSK" and "WPA & WPA2 Enterprise". What do I have to do to get get
> working WLAN connection with WPA2 PSK?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Bernd.
> 
I don't know the answer but I under f7 you get WPA-Personal which I
interpret to be WPA-PSK and WPA2 Personal which I assume is WPA2 PSK.
This is just a guess since I have not tried it on f8.
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