[CentOS] ipw3945 wireless not working

Robert Moskowitz rgm at htt-consult.com
Wed Mar 5 21:35:00 UTC 2008


Joshua Baker-LePain wrote:
> On Wed, 5 Mar 2008 at 3:09pm, Robert Moskowitz wrote
>
>> I yum erased wpa*
>>
>> this not only removed wpa_supplicant and wpa_supplicant_gui, but also 
>> NetworkManager and its gnome interface. I then
>>
>> yum install NetworkManager*
>>
>> This added wpa_supplicant back in.
>>
>> rebooted.
>>
>> I can connect to the AP with no security, but not the one with PSK 
>> Passphrase (which needs wpa_supplicant). And the man pages only lists 
>> ipw2200, not ipw3945.
>>
>> So I am suspecting that there is no wpa support for my card?????
>
> I've used WPA with my 3945 card (in a ThinkPad Z61t) on both Fedora 7 
> w/ ipw3945 and Fedora 8 w/ iwl3945. So, it can work.
Good news, that.
> On F7, I did the whole config manually (I don't use any DE, so I tend 
> to have to do things this way) -- including editing 
> /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth1 to have the correct ESSID and 
> editing /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_wupplicant.conf with my PSK. I'm 
> *guessing* that would work for you.
I copied my wpa_supplicant.conf file from my nc4010 that has an atheros 
card (but did not use NetworkManager). My key and everything was in the 
file and works perfectly on the nc4010. Not hte nc2400 with the ipw3945...
> I don't know how to get it working with NM -- sorry. 




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