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--- Comment #14 from Philip Sherman 2009-02-18 13:08:46 MST ---
Encountered same problem with new 11.1 installation on IBM T40 Thinkpad. Unable
to connect to WPA wireles network. Did not attempt to trace/resolve problem but
found viable workaround.
1. Use YaST "Software Repositories" to add the madwifi project repository to
the list of repositories.
Name: madwifi-project.org
URL: http://madwifi-project.org/suse/11.1
Priority: 105
2. Install madwifi-kmp-default that matches the kernel level
3. Add the following lines to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
# disable SUSE default software for Atheros wifi cards
blacklist ath5k
blacklist mac80211
4. Reboot the system. (I didn't experiment to swap drivers without rebooting.)
The madwifi drivers should be automatically loaded. Immediate connection with
WPA secured network was obtained. It did this using the existing passphrase
that was rejected when using the ath5k/mac80211 modules
This workaround indicates that the issue is in the ath5k/mac80211 modules. I've
been having this problem for well over a year with FC8, FC9, FC10. I believe
that the problem started with arrival of the ath5k module but no longer have
the old systems available to verify this. I suspect that there's an
incompatibility between ath5k and the wpa-supplicant modules.
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