Can WEP function even with PID wpa_supplicant running in Fedora 8

asaraf · 12-27-2008, 01:06 PM

hello all,

my wifi detects networks which asks for WEP as i connect to them. i enter it but still its unable to connect. i have put it in NetworkManger control. also the PID wpa_supplicant is running even though i have unchecked services of wpa_supplicant.

is this PID (wpa_supplicant) causing a problem for WEP?? if yes then how to stop it???

thanks.

lepht · 12-28-2008, 03:36 PM

hey bro. wpa_supplicant is the program that authenticates to wireless networks; you should re-enable those services, because you need wpa_supplicant to be running before you can connect.

obviously there's a problem if you can't connect to networks with a password, but wpa_supplicant isn't it. is it properly configured? if you reckon it is, can you connect to non-passworded networks just to make sure your hardware isn't bad?