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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