Overwhelmed by Wireless Network options -Solved

shep · 2010-02-27 02:25:23

I am running a new kde4 on an Acer Aspire Netbook with an Atheros wireless chip. With previous installs I have had to edit /etc/rc.d/network to get the card working with WEP.http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=67051 I have since changed to WPA2 Personal and thought I would try the updated networkmanager with the kdeplasma-applet-network manager. The networkmanager is starting (confirmed with ps aux) and my network shows in the applet. I tried to follow the steps for networkmanager in the wiki but it is for 7.9999 and I recall the current version is 8.1

I still have dhcpcd but do not manually get an ip address with dhcpcd wlan0. Should I try dhclient?
Do I need to install wpa-supplicant - The arch wiki (dated) indicates wpa-supplicant is not needed if networkmanger is used?

The forums and the main arch page indicate some current problems with netcfg - have those been worked out?

Anyone else set up WPA2 personal in KDE4?

Any advice welcome

Last edited by shep (2010-03-01 05:16:26)

shep · 2010-03-01 02:09:53

To anyone dealing with an Acer Aspire Netbook with the Atheros AR5BXB63 chip, netcfg worked as installed (at the time of this post) for wpa wireless - no hacks needed. You can mark this one solved

sand_man · 2010-03-01 02:29:44

You should have been using netcfg rather than editing the /etc/rc.d/network file anyway.
You can mark the thread solved yourself by editing the first post.

shep · 2010-03-01 05:24:43

Actually I had asked in a previous post for some guidance regarding netcfg vs networkmanager/kdeplasma-applets-networkmanager. I tried networkmanager first and the card would not come get a lease - basically the same behavior I saw with network. I did not understand enough about networkmanager to fix it.

I found this recent bug when I was deciding which one to try and it prompted me to try networkmanager first
http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/18423. I have the same wireless card but did not have to put in the pre-up command for the ssid.

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Overwhelmed by Wireless Network options -Solved

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