NetworkManager - Was: Sharing "things" between Ubuntu Studio 11.10 and...

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Sun, 2012-02-19 at 19:08 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Sun, 2012-02-19 at 13:13 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> > Connection name: Wireless connection 1
> >         [x] Connect automatically
> >         [x] Available to all users
> >         Tab "Wireless"
> >         SSID: oz
> >         Mode: Ad-hoc
> >         Band: Automatic
> >         (Channel: default)
> >         BSSID:
> >         Device MAC address:
> >         Cloned MAC adresse:
> >         MTU: automatic
> >         Tab "IPv4 Settings"
> >         Method: Shared to other computers
> >         (Adress:
> >         Netmask:
> >         Gateway:
> >         DNS servers:
> >         Search domains:
> >         DHCP client ID:)
> >         [x] Require IPv4 addressing for this connection to complete
> >         (Nothing edited for "Routes...")
> >         Nothing edited for tab "IPv6 Settings"
> >         Tab "Wireless security"
> >         Security: WEP 128-bit Passphrase
> >         Key: 1234567890
> 
> I figured out that the key 1234567890 is the Password I need to type
> using the iPad, nm shows "Wireless connection Last used now". Regarding
> to http://www.apple.com/support/ipad/assistant/wifi/#section_1 I don't
> have to set any Proxy settings on the iPad. Anyway, the iPad get no
> access to the Internet. While the wireless connection is reconnecting
> again and again and again, managed by nm, I need to run sudo poff -a and
> sudo pon dsl-provider again and again and again. Using nm to do the
> PPPoE connection doesn't work. Isn't there any howto for Debian and/or
> Ubuntu?
> 
> Regards,
> Ralf

Switching to "WPA & WPA2 personal" nm disconnect all the time. The
padlock icon on the iPad isn't shown anymore. The situation is more
worse as when using WEP.