Live USB wireless connection

[Anne Wilson]

On Monday 19 May 2008 15:38, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> Daniel Y. Zhang wrote:
> > BTW, I try again in the weekend to broadcast my SSID, it only works when
> > I didn't set any security mechanisms(WEP or WPA). When I set 128-bit WEP
> > again, the wireless failed. Should I try iwconfig something manually? I
> > am running Fedora 9 live from a 4GB USB stick.
>
> It sounds like you are not providing the security key. You have to
> configure the interface for the type of encryption you are using,
> and give it the key. You also have to make sure you are in the
> managed mode. The network configuration GUI can set things up for
> you. (You can also set it up using iwconfig, but you will have to do
> it again after a reboot.)
>
I've been following this thread because I have the same problem on my Mandriva 
laptop.  With a cabled connection it starts at bootup.  A wireless connection 
doesn't.  The config tools confirm that it knows the wpa pass-phrase, and 
manually connecting later does work.  It's not a show-stopper but it is a 
PITA.

I believe that for some reason the pass-phrase is not being used at bootup.  I 
presume that wpa-supplicant is the culprit.  Maybe we should be filing bug 
reports, but since it's cross-distro I wonder where?  On the various distros 
so that they can pass it upstream if required?

Anne