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2) I am recommending it to You as something that works under the condition of following my exact directions.
3) I got rid of the problems by using workarounds and the application works as a charm for me.
Andy
Hi everyone.
I spoke to Piki on Irc support channel and realised that the "Connection failed" error is not only my problem. I have found a quick and simple solution for it and since some other users may suffer from it I will share it here.
Every time I am configuring my wireless network (does not matter is it in the ad-hoc or managed mode) all is peachy to the moment when I am clicking on the connect button. Everything is set up just the way it should be but I am getting "Connection Failed" error messages. If everything is set up properly then where is that coming from? I must press "Connect" button around a dozen of times before it actually connects.
Well I was messing around and got it solved.
First click on the
KMenu button in your KDE panel.
Next find
"Run Command..." button and click on it.
Type in
pcc in the small popup window and than click
Run
Type in
root's password and click
OK.
A
PCLinuxOS Control Center will come up.
Now click on the
"Network and Internet" tab and then click on the
"Network Center" button.
Now click on your wireless access point on the accessible wireless networks list to highlight it and click
"Configure"
Now scroll down to the bottom of the configuration page and click
"Advanced"
Now scroll down to the bottom of the configuration page and
undo the tick in the box next to the
"Network hotplugging" The box must be empty like on the screen below.
Now click
OK two times to close both the configuration windows.
You should be back to the
Network Center now.
Highlight your network again on the list and click
"Connect" button...
Now your wireless should connect without a tiniest problem...
Hope this will help somebody someday.
Andy
