This may not necessarily be the best place to ask this, but I''ve tried the Admin Guide, LinuxQuestions and Debian forums and no one knows. Running Debian Testing, and I need to set up two profiles for my wifi adapter, one for home and one for any open AP. I''m using the manual method of configuring, editing the /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf and /etc/network/interfaces file. I have my home setup working well with WPA2, essentially as the sole setup. But I can not figure out how to do multiple profiles, adding one to connect to any AP. It appears that in the wpa_supplicant.conf file I can assign priorities, so that when I am not at home it will automatically connect to the fallback any. But when I make any modification to my setup, nothing works including home. I can''t use NetworkManager as it can not handle 802.11a/n 5.12GHz, which I use at home so as not to disturb the neighbors with my video streaming. 5.12GHz is a must, so NetworkMangler is out. Any advice welcomed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today''s security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/
On 14/07/12 00:38, CACook@quantum-sci.com wrote:> > This may not necessarily be the best place to ask this, but I''ve > tried the Admin Guide, LinuxQuestions and Debian forums and no one > knows. > ... > I can''t use NetworkManager as it can not handle 802.11a/n 5.12GHz, > which I use at home so as not to disturb the neighbors with my video > streaming. 5.12GHz is a must, so NetworkMangler is out. > > Any advice welcomed.This is definitely not the right place to ask, but i can tell you this: NetworkManager definitely supports the 5 GHz channels. In fact, NetworkManager seems to be completely channel-agnostic, and the underlying card/driver is responsible for channel support. I''m using channel 36 (5180 MHz) very successfully on my laptop with an Intel 5100 wireless card, running Ubuntu Linux 10.04. Paul P.S. There doesn''t seem to be any wifi channel which uses 5.12 GHz: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WLAN_channels#5.C2.A0GHz_.28802.11a.2Fh.2Fj.2Fn.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today''s security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/
On Friday, July 13, 2012 05:57:56 PM Paul Gear wrote:> This is definitely not the right place to ask, but i can tell you this: > NetworkManager definitely supports the 5 GHz channels. In fact, > NetworkManager seems to be completely channel-agnostic, and the > underlying card/driver is responsible for channel support. I''m using > channel 36 (5180 MHz) very successfully on my laptop with an Intel 5100 > wireless card, running Ubuntu Linux 10.04.Thank you, but I''ve read numerous listserv messages which unequivocally say otherwise. And I actually tried NetworkManager, specifying ESSID, static IP, WPA details etc, and it would not associate. I too use the iwlwifi driver, on a Centrino Ultimate-N 6300. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today''s security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/
On 14/07/12 15:15, CACook@quantum-sci.com wrote:> On Friday, July 13, 2012 05:57:56 PM Paul Gear wrote: >> This is definitely not the right place to ask, but i can tell you this: >> NetworkManager definitely supports the 5 GHz channels. In fact, >> NetworkManager seems to be completely channel-agnostic, and the >> underlying card/driver is responsible for channel support. I''m using >> channel 36 (5180 MHz) very successfully on my laptop with an Intel 5100 >> wireless card, running Ubuntu Linux 10.04. > > Thank you, but I''ve read numerous listserv messages which unequivocally say otherwise. And I actually tried NetworkManager, specifying ESSID, static IP, WPA details etc, and it would not associate.I''m glad my laptop doesn''t read those mailing lists. ;-)> I too use the iwlwifi driver, on a Centrino Ultimate-N 6300.Mine is the iwlagn driver; i don''t know whether that''s just an older version of the same thing, or a completely different driver. Perhaps your issue is actually with the card/driver rather than NetworkManager. Regardless, i suggest looking for a wireless-specific mailing list to ask your question. Good luck! Regards, Paul ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today''s security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/
On Saturday, July 14, 2012 02:19:47 AM Paul Gear wrote:> On 14/07/12 15:15, CACook@quantum-sci.com wrote: > > On Friday, July 13, 2012 05:57:56 PM Paul Gear wrote: > >> This is definitely not the right place to ask, but i can tell you this: > >> NetworkManager definitely supports the 5 GHz channels. In fact, > >> NetworkManager seems to be completely channel-agnostic, and the > >> underlying card/driver is responsible for channel support. I''m using > >> channel 36 (5180 MHz) very successfully on my laptop with an Intel 5100 > >> wireless card, running Ubuntu Linux 10.04. > > > > Thank you, but I''ve read numerous listserv messages which unequivocally say otherwise. And I actually tried NetworkManager, specifying ESSID, static IP, WPA details etc, and it would not associate. > > I''m glad my laptop doesn''t read those mailing lists. ;-) > > > I too use the iwlwifi driver, on a Centrino Ultimate-N 6300. > > Mine is the iwlagn driver; i don''t know whether that''s just an older > version of the same thing, or a completely different driver. Perhaps > your issue is actually with the card/driver rather than NetworkManager. > Regardless, i suggest looking for a wireless-specific mailing list to > ask your question. > > Good luck!You''re using an old driver. Now I''ve found this: http://wiki.debian.org/iwlwifi Too bad nothing like this is in the System Admin Guide... ... and this is out of date. Nonetheless, following these directions and using the /usr/share/kde4/services/plasma-applet-networkmanager, 5.2GHz APs are --not seen--. I do see my 2.4GHz AP and can associate/communicate. There does not seem to be a concrete way to determine it''s running on ''n'', only indirectly through speed tests. Better not change your config or do any software updates if it''s working on 5.2GHz. Do a brief search on the listservs to see why. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today''s security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/