Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3139 mails)

[James Knott <james.knott@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Bruce Marshall wrote:
> On Sunday 01 October 2006 14:38, James Knott wrote:
>> I am running SUSE 10.1 on an IBM ThinkPad R31.  I have been trying,
>> without success, to use KWiFiManager to configure the built in wireless
>> adapter.  When I try to connect to a known AP, I get an error message
>> "Aborting network switching due to invalid WEP key specification."  In
>> the configuration editor, when I click on "Activate", I get several
>> error messages, including:
>>
>> SSID could not be set
>> Operation mode could not be set
>> Speed settings could not be set
>> Encryption settings could not be set
>> Power management settings coud not be set
>>
>> So, it appears that I cannot configure anything with KWiFiManager. Also,
>> prior to running SUSE 10.1, I could use WLAN Assistant, but that no
>> longer works either.
>>
>> any ideas?
>>
>> tnx jk
> 
> Have you tried using  knetworkmanager ?   I just spent 3 weeks on the road and 
> was very surprised how easy it was.   You can bring up a window showing you 
> all the available networks....  which are secure....    and select one to 
> connect to.    Very easy and flexible.
> 
> 

I'll see if it does anything for me, but currently, it doesn't show any
of the 6 known networks in the vicinity.

tnx