On Tuesday 07 July 2009 10:34:07 Grant wrote: > I'm trying to connect to a WPA2 wireless router via wicd, but I can't > get past the authentication. The owner insists the password is > correct. I've spoken to the administrator and I was told the router > will connect Windows systems, some Mac systems, but no Linux systems. > Does this amount to the typical "Linux is not supported" response, or > could a router actually not work with Linux clients? > > I've also tried to connect via /etc/init.d/net.wlan0 and > wpa_supplicant, but I can't get much information about how it's > failing because it is backgrounded. Could net.wlan0 work even though > wicd fails, and if so, how can I get more info from net.wlan0?
It's hard to see how a wireless router could bring that about without changing how WPA2 works (then it isn't really WPA2 anymore is it?). It's a standard protocol. WPA2 does work with wicd - are you getting anything in the logs at all using both methods? -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
