Return-path: Received: from mail-ew0-f21.google.com ([209.85.219.21]:34967 "EHLO mail-ew0-f21.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756266AbZBDTkd (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Feb 2009 14:40:33 -0500 Received: by ewy14 with SMTP id 14so3787376ewy.13 for ; Wed, 04 Feb 2009 11:40:31 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <3ace41890902041018mdc6a5eanc79cebeb5759001e@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 19:40:30 +0000 Message-ID: <3ace41890902041140r6c010addkd52c2639d784f384@mail.gmail.com> (sfid-20090204_204058_993847_3041A89E) Subject: Re: Regarding Belkin wireless USB adapter From: Hin-Tak Leung To: Shivdas Gujare Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 7:19 PM, Shivdas Gujare wrote: > Hi Hin-Tak, > Thanks for your quick reply. > > I needs to recheck about "open or WEP network", but from properties it says > "Security->WPA personal". > One thing I observed while trying to configure from command line. > if I do "ifconfig wlan0 up", it doesn't show "RUNNING". > I can scan the channels using iwlist properly but, assigning access point using > "iwconfig wlan0 ap access_pt", doesn't work for me and shows "ap not assigned" > > Thanks and Regards, > Shivdas So is it working - as in, establishing IP connectivity to outside *through* an access point? iwlist works regardless of authentication. Also, are you using NetworkManager or any way using the dbus interface? I think some WPA authentication info can be stored in gnome session config and passed via D-bus.