Well, I went through and looked a little closer at everything that went on, and found some error messages that didn't seem to be related, but they were. All I had to do was put "restricted" before the key and that made iwconfig figure out that it shouldn't try to connect without the key. That was simple. Here's a link to what I looked at that inspired me! http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/archive/41/2004/03/1/152276 Thanks for your responses! On 5/2/05, Robert Locke <lists@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, 2005-05-02 at 11:35 -0600, The Disguised Jedi wrote: > > I have successfully compiled the madwifi drivers and installed all the > > modules. I can modprobe and load the modules, and I got the card > > configured right with Kuduzu, and that all works just FINE AND DANDY! > > However, Fedora won't connect to the network properly on boot. I run > > "/sbin/iwconfig ath0" and I see that everything is configured > > according to the settings in the system-config-network program, but > > the encryption key is set to "none". I do "/sbin/iwconfig ath0 key > > ****-*****-****-****-****-****-**" and then bring the connection up > > with the "Activate" button in "system-config-network" and it connects > > in just a few seconds. > > > > Why not enter the key into system-config-network?? When you edit the > hardware device "ath0" in there, just go to the Wireless Settings tab > and enter the key.... Save the settings and it should have them when > you next boot. I am running the ath0 drivers without problems with > multiple profiles and everything depending on where I connect.... > > > Is there something I need to change in order to make it apply all the > > settings BEFORE trying to bring the adapter up? Is this just a little > > bug in madwifi that has a workaround? What am I missing here? > > > > I've already asked a question here once and got very great responses! > > Thanks to everyone who took the time to read this! > > > > Thanks in advance for responses! > > > > HTH, > > --Rob > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > -- The Disguised Jedi disguised.jedi@xxxxxxxxx Now you have my $0.02. Or .01 Pounds, .014 Euros, or $0.025 CAN. I'm world-wide BABY! PHP rocks! "Knowledge is Power. Power Corrupts. Go to school, become evil" Disclaimer: Any disclaimer attached to this message may be ignored. However, I must say that the ENTIRE contents of this message are subject to other's criticism, corrections, and speculations. This message is Certified Virus Free
