WPA/IPW2200/Linux/Debian 3
After hearing about Network Manager on LugRadio at Guadec I decided to give it a go.
A bit of messing around – including installing the version from Testing I found out I need a new kernel for WPA.
Of I went and got 2.6.17 and compiled it.
Things of Note:
I had to use the ieee80211 module and the ipw2200 module from the kernel – but they appear to work so now problems.
After that network manager poped up – it found my wireless network. Selected it, a setup box appeared in which I put my WPA pass-phrase in and off it went and connected – all working a lot more reliable that just wpa supplicant on its own. Could be down to the new kernel mind. However it is very easy to use, and well I impressed. It’ll make using my laptop as a laptop a lot easier.
Update
Wow – after all this work and finally wireless is the most stable I’ve ever had it on Linux. In fact its not gone wrong once since this. Even in windows I was having a few problems now and again. Speed is good, stability and great and it just works. I enter a password in at the start and it goes off, picks the right network and passpharse and just sets it up for me.
July 6, 2006
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