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raul_nds

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From: Lisbon, Portugal

Registered: 2007-06-28

Posts: 258

netcfg2 : I still can't connect to my college's network

It's weird because sometime I can, and sometimes I don't. I still didn't find the cause for this weird behaviour.

The fact is that if I connect with wpa_supplicant, everything runs fine (most of the times), but when I use netcfg2 with the same wpa_supplicant.conf file, nothing happens. netcfg2 ends with FAIL and says "Wireless association failed". iwevent doesn't spit a thing.

Could anyone help me to debug this issue? My network uses a WPA encryption with username+password (all specified in the wpa_supplicant.conf file) and it uses a certificate file, but I can always connect without the certificate file under Linux (beats me...)

Thanks

iphitus

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From: Melbourne, Australia

Registered: 2004-10-09

Posts: 4,927

Re: netcfg2 : I still can't connect to my college's network

What netcfg version?
What wireless driver?
What's in your network profile?
Has it worked previously?

raul_nds

Member

From: Lisbon, Portugal

Registered: 2007-06-28

Posts: 258

Re: netcfg2 : I still can't connect to my college's network

I'm using netcfg 2.1.1-1

iwl3945 driver

CONNECTION="wireless"
INTERFACE=wlan0
SCAN="yes"
SECURITY="wpa-config"
ESSID="eduroam"
IP="dhcp"
TIMEOUT=15
WPACONF=/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf

And no, it never worked flawlessly. For example, yesterday it connected after a few attempts, and today I couldn't connect at all. I don't know if this directly related to netcfg.

iphitus

Forum Fellow

From: Melbourne, Australia

Registered: 2004-10-09

Posts: 4,927

Re: netcfg2 : I still can't connect to my college's network

Have a look at the quirks page on the wiki.

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Net … d_later.29

raul_nds

Member

From: Lisbon, Portugal

Registered: 2007-06-28

Posts: 258

Re: netcfg2 : I still can't connect to my college's network

I tried those, but that doesn't seem to be the problem.

However, now even wpa_supplicant alone has problems connecting. I really can't explain this, because I try like 20 times, the connection fails to associate, and then, by magic, it associates. I'll try to debug this and then i'll post more info.

Thanks for your help

irock

Member

From: Sweden

Registered: 2008-10-14

Posts: 12

Re: netcfg2 : I still can't connect to my college's network

I have experienced similar problems with my 3945 card. It was on a college network similar to yours, with a lot of wireless access points. It seemed like the driver by default tries to associate with access points in the N-range channels. My problems ceased when i configured the card to try to associate with an access point in channel 1.

Try to add this to your netcfg profile file:

IWOPTS="mode managed essid $ESSID channel 1"