NetworkManager + 802.1x wired? [Re: very common kernel modules slow down the boot process]

Dan Williams dcbw at redhat.com
Fri Apr 4 18:47:01 UTC 2008


On Fri, 2008-04-04 at 15:09 +0200, Martin Sourada wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-04-02 at 21:33 -0400, Dan Williams wrote:
> > There's support for it, yes, but not via the UI (yet).  If the correct
> > bits get populated in GConf, then it should work.  I can send details on
> > how to do that if you'd like.
> > 
> > Dan
> 
> Yeah, I'd like. To outline my situation:
> 
> * at home I have wireless connection with WEP key authentication works
> perfect with rawhide, nm even remembers that it should connect to the AP
> I use rather than trying another (which was the case in F8)
> 
> * at dorm I have wired connection and the script I made for the
> connection has to do these steps:
> 
>   1. stop NetworkManager service
>   2. turn on eth0 interface (via ifconfig eth0 up)
>   3. after short wait start xsupplicant
>     - it uses eap-ttls certification and pap authentication
>   4. start dhclient
> 
> I don't know if I am able to use wpa_supplicant instead of xsupplicant
> as the last time I tried it (FC6 days) I wasn't able to successfully
> authenticate.

Can you give wpa_supplicant a shot again to make sure it will work
first?  Make sure you set "ap_scan=0" in the global section (ie, at the
top and not in a 'network' block).

Thanks,
Dan




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