[laptop-discuss] NEW usb wifi driver - rum v0.1

[Quaker Fang]

Joanmarie Diggs wrote:

>Hi Quaker.
>
>Installing the rum driver didn't cause it to JustWork(tm).  I needed to
>add my device to /etc/driver_aliases:
>
>  rum "usb15a9,4"
>
>Having done so, dladm scan-wifi shows my network correctly.  It also
>shows up in the list of available networks when I enable/restart nwam.
>Unfortunately, nwam never successfully connects; I tried using dladm
>instead.  According to dladm show-wifi, I keep going from a connected
>state to a disconnected state every few seconds.
>
>Any ideas?
>  
>
I guess your AP configured as WPA2-PSK, right? If so, rum
doesn't work, since it can't support it.

--
Quaker

>>From prtusb:
>
>INDEX   DRIVER      INST  NODE            VID.PID   PRODUCT             
>1       ehci        0     pci103c,2a66    0000.0000   No Product String
>2       ohci        0     pci103c,2a66    0000.0000   No Product String
>3       rum         0     device          15a9.0004   802.11 bg WLAN
>4       scsa2usb    0     storage         0bda.0111   USB2.0-CRW
>
>Thanks for your help!  Take care.
>--Joanie
>
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