Re: Wireless issues -- Lenovo R61 ThinkPad
On Saturday 20 September 2008 08:58:27 am Ken Heard wrote:
> This laptop has Lenny installed. It has a built in IBM 3945 wireless
> card. Once I installed the firmware-iwlwifi package the laptop
> recognized this card and allowed me to configure it. While I usually
> use a RJ-45 cable connection to connect to networks, I am presently
> temporarily located where a wireless connection is more convenient.
>
<snip settings & explanations>
>
> These are the same settings I have been using all week, and now they
> don't work. I would certainly like to know why, and what to do -- not
> only to get the connection working again, but also to be able to
> activate it on boot up.
>
> Regards,
>
> Ken Heard
I don't have a solution to the problem (which is that KDE's network manager
has trouble with WEP keys), but I can offer my own workaround, with which I
have had no problems so far:
iwconfig wlan0 essid $wap_essid enc $wep_passkey; dhclient
Replace (I hope obviously) the $ words with the actual values used. Basically,
iwconfig handles WEP very well, whereas KNetworkManager is much better at
handling WPA/2. At least in my experience.
I am, fwiw, using the same card as you are. Hope this helps.
Lee
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