From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GbnSE-0006du-87 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 00:14:10 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id k9N0ANsP005963; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 00:10:23 GMT Received: from ender.volumehost.net (adsl-69-154-123-202.dsl.fyvlar.swbell.net [69.154.123.202]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k9N06w3n014385 for ; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 00:06:58 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ender.volumehost.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8C5ADC08 for ; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 00:06:57 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at volumehost.net Received: from ender.volumehost.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ender.volumehost.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 8LVFXWckob8p for ; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 00:06:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from adsl-69-154-123-205.dsl.fyvlar.swbell.net (adsl-69-154-123-205.dsl.fyvlar.swbell.net [69.154.123.205]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ender.volumehost.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B462FEA4 for ; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 00:06:56 +0000 (UTC) From: "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Disabling net.ath0 backgrounding Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 19:06:56 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.5 References: <49bf44f10610040938k8813062nadf9b4a4af8425cf@mail.gmail.com> <200610221433.28219.bss03@volumehost.net> <49bf44f10610221409l7788ccc7j4f8bf448257b3ff3@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <49bf44f10610221409l7788ccc7j4f8bf448257b3ff3@mail.gmail.com> X-Eric-Conspiracy: There is no conspiracy Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart3492291.dhv3gu1rYQ"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200610221906.56835.bss03@volumehost.net> X-Archives-Salt: 8228bc23-58df-4987-9f5c-f0172e96526e X-Archives-Hash: e44d0d46b742fbd02a56bfcd96637a79 --nextPart3492291.dhv3gu1rYQ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Sunday 22 October 2006 16:09, Grant wrote=20 about 'Re: [gentoo-user] Disabling net.ath0 backgrounding': > > Sorry, I'm just not that wireless savvy, but everything looks fine to > > me. Again, keep in mind that I've never used wpa_supplicant so I don't > > know if that changes things. > I'm using wpa_supplicant so I can connect via WPA encryption. Do you > know if I should be able to do that with wireless-tools instead? =46rom the documentation in wireless.example (which is only used with=20 iwconfig / wireless-tools) you can do WPA on certain drivers, like the=20 rt2500. I believe you will need to use wpa_supplicant with your atheros chipset. =2D-=20 "If there's one thing we've established over the years, it's that the vast majority of our users don't have the slightest clue what's best for them in terms of package stability." =2D- Gentoo Developer Ciaran McCreesh --nextPart3492291.dhv3gu1rYQ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBFPAegq72nDbhDXToRArMvAJ9L77DbVgKQ3ZGQmPHoz7TlU95wZwCffbU1 0/SUFSO2IrH/nORc21FN0BY= =nk2N -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart3492291.dhv3gu1rYQ-- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list