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nixIT

Member

Registered: 2010-01-13

Posts: 548

can't connect to wireless with networkmanager

Hey all,

just got arch installed on my laptop. I had wpa_supplicant installed, but then switched to networkmanager.  With Networkmanager, I can browse the wifi hotspots, select one, or in my case add a hidden spot, and then password.  However, it seems I cannot connect to my home network, which is running WPA2, and the SSID is hidden.

I just keep getting the "Authentication required by wireless network" dialog box, asking for my wifi password.

I'm not sure where to look.

--nixIT

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defkult

Member

Registered: 2013-01-19

Posts: 7

Re: can't connect to wireless with networkmanager

Check the wiki for different front-ends.  Try WICD or netcfg to see if it it networkmanager or your wireless card.

ewaller

Administrator

From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

Posts: 20,677

Re: can't connect to wireless with networkmanager

I had wpa_supplicant installed, but then switched to networkmanager.

Can you clarify that?  That is not an either/or.  You must have wpa_supplicant in order to use WPA/WPA2.  Networkmanager automates wpa_supplicant.

They way that reads, it sounds like you removed wpa_supplicant.

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