On Friday 02 Sep 2011 14:38:56 BRM wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Canek Peláez Valdés <can...@gmail.com> > > > > On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 11:52 PM, BRM <bm_witn...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> I still haven't decided what to get for my system to replace the NIC > > > > with, but the card I have should be working with my existing 802.11g > > network already; however, it doesn't - I have had to connect my laptop > > via Ethernet cable to my wireless bridge to get network access. > > > >> /etc/init.d/net.wlan0 starts, but goes immediately inactive. From what > >> I > > > > can find on-line, this seems to have been something common after moving > > to Base Layout 2/OpenRC; however, I couldn't find anything that > > specified what the actual solution was - I think most ended up doing a > > complete reinstall of their wicd/wpa-supplicant software - either way > > details were lacking. I've successfully had wpa-supplicant working in > > the past, and as a result of all of this I've tried to get it up through > > the other method too (iwconfig?), but no success. (I think I have > > managed to get it to scan some, but not sufficiently and certainly no > > connections.) > > > > Did you followed the instructions at > > > > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/openrc-migration.xml > > > > specifically the network section? > > Yes, I believe so. It's been a while since I made the migration, but the > wireless configuration seems to have broken about the same time. > > The wired configuration works just fine, and the guide mentions nothing > about Wireless changes - e.g. WPA Supplicant - and that's where the > problem is. > > >> Anyone see this issue and know what the solution is? I'd like to at > > > > least get my 802.11g access back - the current setup is a bit of a pain > > and very limiting. > > > > Since you use a laptop, I will assume you have either KDE, GNOME or > > Xfce. If that's the case, why don't you try NetworkManager or connman, > > and use the GUI thingy to do the work for you? I haven't manually > > configured a wireless network in years, and I have been the last three > > months traveling with my laptop literally all over the world, > > connecting to all kinds of access points. > > NetworkMnager just works, but I also hear great comments about connman. > > I'm using KDE, yes. I've tried the tools but it doesn't seem to ever scan > for a wireless network on its own, and the scans I have been able to force > don't result in a connection - they don't even find the network I'm trying > to attach it to. Prior to the change, I could get WPA Supplicant to > connect to my wireless, though I did have to have it specifically > configured to do so. It wouldn't typically work using the tools for the > one wireless network, while I could get it to for others (hotels, other > places, etc.). > > I have added another network that is configured a little differently that I > would prefer to connect to (over the old one), but at the moment I'll take > either. (The new 802.11g network uses WPA2; the old one uses WEP+Shared.)
Assuming that you have built in your kernel or loaded the driver module for your NIC and any firmware blobs have also been loaded, please show: /etc/conf.d/net and grep ^[^#] /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf -- Regards, Mick
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