On 06/09/2017 18:31, allan gottlieb wrote: > My system runs gnome3/systemd. I use NetworkManager, which is mostly > working fine. > > At work the desired network is named "nyu". The sysadmins say I need to > change at least one security parameter. When I open the gui it shows > the network configuration parameters (by clicking the gear) and lets me > select different values. However the "Apply" button never becomes > active so I can only "Cancel". > > If I try to select the "nyu" network it asks for the password, which I > know and enter. I then click the appropriate button (something like > "apply" or "ok"). As expected the window goes away but I am not > connected and the window reappears. > > A "tip" from the sys admins at work is to somehow tell my system to > forget all it knows about the network "nyu", but neither I nor they know > how to do it (they don't "fully support" linux). > > Any help would be appreciated.
Your sysadmins are talking shit. What they need to do is tell you what the security settings are for that SSID. If it's a corporate firm it's likely something along the lines of "Protected EAP (PEAP)" and they must tell you what it requires. Or, find a working Windows machine and check it's wireless network property for that SSID. Usually, one can figure it out relatively easily. That your sysadmins don't know this is a rather brutal indictement of your sysadmins... In connman one often has delete and re-create connections as it often happens there isn't an Edit button in connman applets! But not in NetworkManager: right click -> Config -> Edit -> Save always does the trick if you click the right buttons in the Edit step -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
