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NetworkManager?



On 12/19/2008 11:39 PM, Richard Chonak wrote:
> Jerry Feldman wrote:
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>> I have Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex installed on my laptop. It=20
>> automatically detects the network and the encryption protocol. I have =

>> WEP 128 at home, WPA-PSK at work. During the BLU meeting I was connect=
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>> to both the MIT and the JABR network. When I arrived at work yesterday=
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>> morning the laptop came up on the WPA-PSK. The past couple of releases=
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>> have been very stable. I had problems with WPA-PSK with earlier releas=
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>> where I had to set up a manual connection.
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>
> I'm working with intrepid too.    KNetworkManager was able to detect th=
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> neighbors' WANs with no trouble, but didn't associate with my router,=20
> which doesn't broadcast an SSID.
>
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I have GNOME, but when I click on the NM icon, there is a "connect to=20
Hidden Wireless Network" on the bottom. In previous releases I think the =

text did not say hidden.

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Jerry Feldman <gaf-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org>
Boston Linux and Unix
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PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB  CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846








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