[haiku] Re: WiFi woes

  • From: Matthew Veety <mveety@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 11:05:02 -0400

On Aug 18, 2013, at 15:06, Adrien Destugues <pulkomandy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
>> Any suggestions as to something I might try?  (Lots of stuff
>> shows up in syslog, which I could copy and post if it would
>> help.)
> 
> I never got SSIDs or passwords with spaces to work. Other special 
> characters (quotes, ...) may have the same problem. Try to make it as 
> simple as possible.
> 
> My strategy is:
> - Make sure the interface is up
> - Pick your network (once), and wait for the password dialog
> - Enter the password and wait for the configuration to finish (sometimes 
> it doesn't, so wait until you are bored)
> - Reboot the computer
> 
> Settings should be saved and the connexion will be established (and 
> working) after the reboot. It's not perfectly stable, but it works well 
> enough.
> 
> -- 
> Adrien.
> 

I've done that in the past but now I've started just using ifconfig. That also 
seems to work pretty okay.

--
Veety

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