david c rankin vhdicqcdjjosuddenlinkmailcom thomas beneke wrote hi switch profile wired lan wireless lan stop start ath0 interface manually get wlan work known problem regards thomas thomas using wpa created wpa_supplicantconf file wpa run wpa_passphrase your_essid some_decent_passphrase_of_up_64_characters etcwpa_supplicantconf edit etcwpa_supplicantconf key_mgmtwpapsk protowpa protorsn uncomment protowpa line comment rsn line enable wpa leave wpa2 stronger encryption wpa_supplicantconf look like update_config1 run directory set group well ctrl_interfacevarrunwpa_supplicant set 1 frames dropped eapol_version2 default 1 012 ap_scan2 network id_stryourssid ssidyourssid priority4 key_mgmtwpapsk auth_algopen pairwisetkip grouptkip protowpa psklong string stuff created wwpa_passphrase madwifi connect automatically 99 time every restart network manager laptop move several access points daily note multiple network blocks wpa_supplicantconf different networks using laptop include one good luck david c rankin jd pe rankin law firm pllc 510 ochiltree street nacogdoches texas 75961 telephone 936 7159333 facsimile 936 7159339 wwwrankinlawfirmcom tue 05 aug 2008 210921 0600 opensuse madwifi wpa sumf