FC9 NetworkManager & WPA

[Devon Harding]

On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 1:13 PM, max <maximilianbianco at gmail.com> wrote:

> Devon Harding wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 12:58 PM, max <maximilianbianco at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>  Devon Harding wrote:
>>>
>>>  2008/8/23 Anne Wilson <cannewilson at googlemail.com>
>>>>
>>>>  On Saturday 23 August 2008 16:26:06 Devon Harding wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 11:44 PM, Brian Powell <bpowell01 at gmail.com>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>  Devon,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Make sure you have the wpa_supplicant package installed.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  The wpa_supplicant package is installed (and the update).  When I
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> select
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  my
>>>>>
>>>>>  wireless from the drop down list, it still asks for a WEP key instead
>>>>>> of
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  a
>>>>>
>>>>>  WPA key.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Do I need the wpa_supplicant_gui package too?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  I see the same behaviour on my EeePC.  It does no harm, but it's
>>>>>>
>>>>> b******
>>>>> annoying.  (I presume that, like me, you can use the drop-down arrow to
>>>>> select WPA then manually give it the passphrase?)
>>>>>
>>>>> Anne
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>  The thing is, WPA is not one of the choices.  I only have the
>>>>> following:
>>>>>
>>>> WEP 128-bit Passphrase
>>>> WEP 40/128-bit Hexadecimal
>>>> WEP 40/128-bit ASCII
>>>> LEAP
>>>> Dynamic WEP (802.1x)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  Have you tried an older kernel? I have seen some weird stuff with
>>>>
>>> wireless on the latest but it may be something else going on there.
>>>
>>> What kind of wireless device are you working with?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Fortune favors the BOLD
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>
>>
>> I tried Ubuntu (Hardy) and got the same thing.  If I choose 'Connect to
>> other wireless network'  I do see the option for WPA, but it doesn't seems
>> to connect to my access point.
>>
>> -Devon
>>
>>
>>  But what wireless card are you using? I suspect your problem may be
> there, its a possibility to explore anyway.
>
> from a terminal as root:
>
> root at localhost# lspci -v
>
> it will produce a lot of output , look for the wireless device it should be
> obviously labeled
>
>
>
Here's the output:

00:12.0 Network controller: Intersil Corporation Prism 2.5 Wavelan chipset
(rev 01)
    Subsystem: Fujitsu Limited. Unknown device 1169
    Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 9
    Memory at e8013000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]
    Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
    Kernel driver in use: hostap_pci
    Kernel modules: orinoco_pci, hostap_pci
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