QtMoko and WPA
Griera
griera at gmail.com
Thu Mar 21 08:54:19 CET 2013
On Mon, 18 Mar 2013 22:30:52 -0400
Stefan Monnier <monnier at iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
> So, now that I replaced the touchscreen in my GTA02, I can try and
> actually use that gizmo. So I installed QtMoko v54, and it seems to
> work fairly well. But I can't figure out how to connect to my home
> wifi. Part of the problem might be that I don't understand the UI.
>
> Here's what I expect:
> - click on some "wifi connect" button.
> - auto-select a known network, and/or show me a list of
> available networks.
> - I choose my home network.
> - seeing it's encrypted, it asks me for the password, connects and then
> remembers the password for next time.
A very good suggestion. I also think that the current steps are very
confusing. Regards!!
>
> Instead, here's what I did and what happened:
> - clock on the house shaped icon.
> - click on the "settings" icon.
> - select "Internet".
> - create a "Wireless LAN" entry with "New" (in the menu).
> - fail to understand what to do, so moved back.
> - click on the newly created "Wireless LAN".
> - it shows me a list of networks, from which I can select mine.
> - says it tries to connect but doesn't ask for a password.
> - after a while the status reverts to "not connected", indicating
> presumably that the connection failed.
> - move back and keep the "Wireless LAN" entry selected.
> - select "Properties..." from the menu.
> - go to "Wireless Encryption".
> - this time I can select my home network from the menu (along with all
> the many others that are in range even no I never showed any interest
> in them).
> - even tho the earlier list (the one from which I can try to connect)
> showed that QtMoko knows the network is encrypted, the encryption
> setting defaults to "Open".
> - I set it to WPA-PSK.
> - I painfully type in the long password, and hit return.
> - move back.
> - move "forward" to wireless encryption again, to check the password was
> properly recorded. The display doesn't actually show the password any
> more, but at least the WPA-PSK setting is recorded as well as the
> length of the password: looking OK.
> - select "Wireless LAN".
> - from the network list shown I select my home network.
> - the system says it's trying to connect to my network.
> - after a while it reverts to saying the status is "not connected"
> without any information about why.
> - I go back to the wireless encryption panel and lo and behold the
> encryption setting for my network is again set to "Open".
>
> I tried it a couple times, in case the error was in the password, but
> now I'm pretty sure the problem is elsewhere.
>
> Am I doing something wrong? Is there some way to get some info about
> what went wrong? Can I provide my network's password via the command
> line instead?
>
>
> Stefan
>
>
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