Somebody in the thread at some point said: >>> It sends out a message saying something like "Get a better card". >>> Basically, I believe the Orinoco card does not support >>> the kind of scanning that NM uses. >> That is a fault in the driver that needs to be fixed. Make sure you have >> a bug report filed. > > NM assumes scanning features not present in all hardware: amongst its > countless other problems and flaws - inability to handle static > addressing, bluetooth support, auto/no-autoconnect, handling hidden > stations, not exploding if fed the 'million base station' attack, Uh... rather trepidaciously I have to interject that it does handle hidden ssid APs ... in the UI anyway. Also it was far crapper than it is now just a little while ago, it seems to be on a good overall decrapulation trajectory if you're not in a rush (he said, suppressing the memory of how broken it is/was in F8 a couple of weeks ago anyway). -Andy
