From: "Will Honea" Received: from [192.168.100.201] (HELO mail.2rosenthals.com) by 2rosenthals.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.16) with ESMTP id 2625994 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Sun, 29 Aug 2010 17:59:22 -0400 Received: from secmgr-va.2rosenthals.com ([162.83.95.194] helo=mail2.2rosenthals.com) by secmgr-ny.randr with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.43) id 1OppuK-0000Az-Kq for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Sun, 29 Aug 2010 17:59:22 -0400 Received: from bosmailout04.eigbox.net ([66.96.187.4]:49345) by mail2.2rosenthals.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OppuG-0006nK-1l for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Sun, 29 Aug 2010 17:59:16 -0400 Received: from bosmailscan05.eigbox.net ([10.20.15.5]) by bosmailout04.eigbox.net with esmtp (Exim) id 1OppuF-0001zU-3S for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Sun, 29 Aug 2010 17:59:15 -0400 Received: from bosimpout01.eigbox.net ([10.20.55.1]) by bosmailscan05.eigbox.net with esmtp (Exim) id 1OppuE-0005Wf-SL for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Sun, 29 Aug 2010 17:59:14 -0400 Received: from bosauthsmtp10.eigbox.net ([10.20.18.10]) by bosimpout01.eigbox.net with NO UCE id 0MvZ1f0020D2CUy01MvZre; Sun, 29 Aug 2010 17:55:33 -0400 X-CTCH-RefID: str=0001.0A02020A.4C7AD834.015D,ss=1,fgs=0 X-EN-OrigOutIP: 10.20.18.10 X-EN-IMPSID: 0MvZ1f0020D2CUy01MvZre Received: from 97-121-171-175.clsp.qwest.net ([97.121.171.175] helo=main) by bosauthsmtp10.eigbox.net with esmtpa (Exim) id 1OppuE-0006ow-Ch for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Sun, 29 Aug 2010 17:59:14 -0400 Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 15:59:07 -0600 To: "OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" Reply-To: "Will Honea" In-Reply-To: References: Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless] eCS 2.0 GA WPA supplicant MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: The Polarbar Mailer; version=1.25e; build=20061 X-Mailer-Platform: Linux; architecture=amd64; version=2.6.34-12-desktop X-Mailer-Java-VM: Sun Microsystems Inc.; version=1.6.0_20; compiler=null X-EN-UserInfo: b0192109012588bf2b05ebe482b26736:f259605ce5aa1fb891467026511a1cfb X-EN-AuthUser: whonea@whonea.net Sender: "Will Honea" X-EN-OrigIP: 97.121.171.175 X-EN-OrigHost: 97-121-171-175.clsp.qwest.net Message-ID: ** Reply to message from "Chuck McKinnis" on Sun, 29 Aug 2010 15:33:38 -0600 > On 8/28/2010 6:32 PM, Norm Metcalf wrote: > > On 08/28/2010 06:15 PM, Chuck McKinnis wrote: > >> On 8/28/2010 4:58 PM, Norm Metcalf wrote: > >>> I need help. My router conked out so I installed a new router. However > >>> my laptop won't connect. The WPA Supplicant keeps scrolling trying to > >>> connect. The widget doesn't respond to the mouse so that I'm unable to > >>> click on Add/Edit Profile. Is there a way of accessing Add/Edit Profile > >>> through the command line? Or is there a better solution? Norm Metcalf, > >>> Boulder Colorado > >>> > >> > >> Make and model of router? Laptop? > >> > > The router is an ActionTEC GT704-WG and the laptop is a ThinkPad A20M. > > Norm > > Have you tried getting to the router using the Ethernet port? > > The ActionTEC combo box appears to have had some issues and not very > good reviews. It does not appear to have full (WEP/WPA/WPA2) wireless > encryption support. > > When I installed DSL at my other home in Colorado, I opted for the > simple DSL modem and hooked a D-Link wireless router to it. > > You should be able to use the GENMAC command line utilities in > \genmac\bin to at least test things and maybe even get it going. I > would also consider deleting the GENMAC widget, making sure that you > have a good copy of xwlan installed, and then adding the widget back in. > You can get the latest copy of xwlan from the eCS 2.0 CD or > http://wlan.netlabs.org/en/site/downloads.xml To add to Chuck's comment, I found a box full of GT701WG/GT704WG routers and bought the whole bunch for $20 a few weeks back. These were all orginally sold by Qwest for their DSL service and I've used one for several years - like Chuck and I, old doesn't mean useless but we do have limitations.... The Actiontec firmware supports WEP and WPA/TKIP encryption. Foggy memory also tells me that it also connected with a client using WPA2/TKIP but it definitely failed to connect when I tried to use WPA2/AES. The WPA2/TKIP may have actually been a Windows XP fallback to the WPA1/TKIP but I stick to WPA/TKIP. There is no provision in the Actiontec firmware for WPA2 that I can find but I'm looking for one of the ddwrt/openwrt versions that may add it. I figure that with the whole stack of modems I have for about a buck apiece I can afford to experiment if I ever: a. find the appropriate source and b. get the ambition to try it. I like the modems - only failures I've had with 5-6 I run daily have been 1 early one to heat and 1 that took a lightning strike to the phone line cooking the DSL interface. -- Will Honea