ipw3945 fails to associate

["Hector Centeno" <hcengar gmail com>]

Hi,

My system: Asus Aspire 5570 laptop with ipw3945 wireless card. Using
Fedora Core 6 I can't make NetworkManager to associate to either
encrypted or unencrypted wireless access points. Using a terminal and
iwconfg at the same location associates instantly and dhclient works
fine. NetworkManager in the same laptop, same access point but using
Ubuntu works perfectly. I would like to get FC6 to work bcause it's
the distro I want to use. This are the logs I get in /var/log/messages

Apr  2 18:10:48 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	User Switch:
/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/eth1 / TPLwireless
Apr  2 18:10:48 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	Deactivating
device eth1.
Apr  2 18:10:48 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	Activation
(eth1): cancelling...
Apr  2 18:10:48 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	Activation
(eth1) cancellation handler scheduled...
Apr  2 18:10:48 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	Activation
(eth1): waiting for device to cancel activation.
Apr  2 18:10:48 localhost dhclient: DHCPRELEASE on eth1 to 10.255.1.1 port 67
Apr  2 18:10:48 localhost dhclient: send_packet: Network is unreachable
Apr  2 18:10:48 localhost dhclient: send_packet: please consult README
file regarding broadcast address.
Apr  2 18:10:49 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	Activation
(eth1) cancellation handled.
Apr  2 18:10:49 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	Activation
(eth1): cancelled.
Apr  2 18:10:49 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	Device eth1
activation scheduled...
Apr  2 18:10:49 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	Activation
(eth1) started...
Apr  2 18:10:49 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	Activation
(eth1) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled...
Apr  2 18:10:49 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	Activation
(eth1) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started...
Apr  2 18:10:49 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	Activation
(eth1) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled...
Apr  2 18:10:49 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	Activation
(eth1) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete.
Apr  2 18:10:49 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	Activation
(eth1) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting...
Apr  2 18:10:49 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	Activation
(eth1/wireless): access point 'TPLwireless' is unencrypted, no key
needed.
Apr  2 18:10:49 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	SUP: sending
command 'INTERFACE_ADD eth1		wext	/var/run/wpa_supplicant	'
Apr  2 18:10:49 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	SUP: response was 'OK'
Apr  2 18:10:49 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	SUP: sending
command 'AP_SCAN 1'
Apr  2 18:10:49 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	SUP: response was 'OK'
Apr  2 18:10:49 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	SUP: sending
command 'ADD_NETWORK'
Apr  2 18:10:49 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	SUP: response was '0'
Apr  2 18:10:49 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	SUP: sending
command 'SET_NETWORK 0 ssid 54504c776972656c657373'
Apr  2 18:10:49 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	SUP: response was 'OK'
Apr  2 18:10:49 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	SUP: sending
command 'SET_NETWORK 0 key_mgmt NONE'
Apr  2 18:10:49 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	SUP: response was 'OK'
Apr  2 18:10:49 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	SUP: sending
command 'ENABLE_NETWORK 0'
Apr  2 18:10:49 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	SUP: response was 'OK'
Apr  2 18:10:49 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	Activation
(eth1) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete.
Apr  2 18:10:53 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	Old device
'eth1' activating, won't change.
Apr  2 18:10:59 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	eth1: link timed out.
Apr  2 18:10:59 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	Old device
'eth1' activating, won't change.
Apr  2 18:11:29 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	Activation
(eth1/wireless): association took too long (>40s), failing activation.
Apr  2 18:11:29 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	Activation
(eth1) failure scheduled...
Apr  2 18:11:29 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	Activation
(eth1) failed for access point (TPLwireless)
Apr  2 18:11:29 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	Activation
(eth1) failed.
Apr  2 18:11:29 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	Deactivating
device eth1.

The only changes I've done to the network configuration was to disable
IPv6 following this guide
http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mjm-fedora-fc6.html#ipv6

Any help would be greatly appreciated! Please let me know what extra
information should I provide.

Hector



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