https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=377560
User lavrinenko_alex@mail.ru added comment
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=377560#c1
--- Comment #1 from Alexander Lavirnenko 2008-04-11 01:20:04 MST ---
Additional info (excerpt from /var/log/NetworkManager):
Apr 11 11:12:35 shark NetworkManager: <info> User request for activation of
wlan0.
Apr 11 11:12:35 shark NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) starting
connection 'OpenSoft'
Apr 11 11:12:35 shark NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5
(Device Prepare) scheduled...
Apr 11 11:12:35 shark NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5
(Device Prepare) started...
Apr 11 11:12:35 shark NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5
(Device Configure) scheduled...
Apr 11 11:12:35 shark NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5
(Device Prepare) complete.
Apr 11 11:12:35 shark NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5
(Device Configure) starting...
Apr 11 11:12:35 shark NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0/wireless):
access point 'OpenSoft' has security, but secrets are required.
Apr 11 11:12:35 shark NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5
(Device Configure) complete.
Apr 11 11:12:35 shark NetworkManager: <WARN> get_secrets_cb(): Couldn't get
connection secrets: Requested setting is empty.
Apr 11 11:12:35 shark NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) failed for
access point (OpenSoft)
Apr 11 11:12:35 shark NetworkManager: <info> Marking connection 'OpenSoft'
invalid.
Apr 11 11:12:35 shark NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) failed.
Apr 11 11:12:35 shark NetworkManager: <info> Deactivating device wlan0.
The thing is, that "OpenSoft" AP does not have any security enabled (nor WEP,
neither WPA/WPA2). This manual config works well:
[superuser@shark :: /var/log]rcnetwork stop
[superuser@shark :: /var/log]ifconfig wlan0 192.168.1.133
[superuser@shark :: /var/log]ip ro add default via 192.168.1.254
[superuser@shark :: /var/log]iwconfig wlan0 essid OpenSoft
[superuser@shark :: /var/log]iwconfig wlan0 ap 00:0F:EA:68:BF:72
[superuser@shark :: /var/log]iwconfig
wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"OpenSoft"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: 00:0F:EA:68:BF:72
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
Encryption key:off
Link Quality=82/100 Signal level=-54 dBm Noise level=-87 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
[superuser@shark :: /var/log]ping www.ru
PING www.ru (194.87.0.50) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from www.ru (194.87.0.50): icmp_seq=1 ttl=56 time=6.00 ms
64 bytes from www.ru (194.87.0.50): icmp_seq=2 ttl=56 time=5.18 ms
^C
--- www.ru ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 1002ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 5.185/5.595/6.005/0.410 ms
[superuser@shark :: /var/log]
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