Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1046 mails)

["David C. Rankin" <drankinatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Guys,

  Here is a strange one. I have used this same laptop with 11.0-11.4. The 
wireless adapter is Atheros based and uses the madwifi adapter. I have a couple 
of networks I connect to that don't broadcast the ESSID and to handle this 
seamlessly without having to reconfigure yast->network devices every time I 
change between the networks, I have always included the proper network blocks in 
/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf. This no longer works in 11.4 and I find 
myself having to fire up yast->network devices and manually change the ESSID to 
switch networks (primarily between home and work, but regardless, it is a pain)

  In wpa_supplicant.conf, your network blocks are simple brace delimited blocks 
of data each holding authentication information for a particular wap. On network 
activation, wpa_supplicant is supposed to step though the network block and 
connect to the one that is available (has best signal, etc...) That isn't 
happening. For example, in wpa_supplicant.conf, I have:

ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=wheel

network={
        ssid="skyline"
        key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
        #psk="snipped"
        psk=snipped
}
network={
        ssid="work"
        key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
        #psk="snipped"
        psk=snipped
}


  Apparently (or something similar to) the ESSID entered in yast->network 
devices is preventing wpa_supplicant for finding the alternate network when you 
switch from work to home for instance. (that is -- physically coming home from 
work and rebooting the laptop at home)

  Am I missing a new feature or setting somewhere? This was always simple stuff 
and I never had to mess with Yast when changing networks before. Anybody have 
any idea why the alternate network blocks in wpa_supplicant.conf are not 
getting parsed for a connection?  What say the experts?

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David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
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