[Trac #1370] connect to wrt54g v3 requires stop network manager

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#1370: connect to wrt54g v3 requires stop network manager
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 Reporter:  greg    |        Owner:  blizzard 
     Type:  defect  |       Status:  new      
 Priority:  normal  |    Milestone:  Untriaged
Component:  distro  |   Resolution:           
 Keywords:          |  
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Changes (by greg):

  * summary:  ESSID of "-" would not allow laptop (b2) to connect =>
              connect to wrt54g v3 requires stop network
              manager

Comment:

 Replying to [ticket:1370 greg]:
 > Have a linksys wrt54g, with the essid set to "-" the olpc would not
 connect. when i tried the command  iwconfig eth0 essid "-" , i would get
 an error message "Error for wireless request "Set ESSID" (8B1A) : too few
 arguments."
 >
 > however even after connecting i did not get the dhcp handoff and cannot
 ping.

 after much testing, i have found it is not the "-" which caused the
 problem but something else. so in order to access my wrt54g v3 access
 point i must do the following at the command line:
 1) stop network manager
 2) ifdown eth0
 3) ifup eth0
 4) dhclient eth0

 this works with any essid. i tried not stopping the network manager (just
 cycling eth0) no luck.
 i tried dhclient after just stopping network manager (before cycling eth0)
 and no luck.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/1370#comment:2>
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