Re: nm-applet lists ath_pci as wired but NetworkAdministration Tool lists it as wireless

[Lars Oliver Hansen <lolh ymail com>]

Hi,

 

> On Tue, 2008-09-02 at 10:04 +0000, Lars Oliver Hansen wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > with kernel 2.6.27-rc5 nm-applet 0.6.6 from Ubuntu 8.04 lists my
> > Atheros wireless chip as a wired network when the MadWifi ath_pci
> > driver is loaded. Connecting with it is unsuccesfull. Network
> > Administration Tool from Ubuntu 8.04 from Carlos Garnacho Parro who
> > has a gnome e-mail adress lists it as wireless though and shows the
> > available access points and their signal strengths. What does Network
> > Administration Tool do different from nm-applet?
>
> Grab the output of 'lshal'.  Look through that output for the interface
> name of your device.  Does the interface have the "net.80211"
> capability?  Here's the output for an ipw2200 for reference:


There isn't a info.capabilities field at all. Yet the same driver works with the Ubuntu kernel (on the same system).

Also Network Administration Tool recognizes a wireless adapter and can use it. Kernel 2.6.27-rc5 related?

 

Any workarounds?

 

Thanks

 

Lars