setting up WPA Personal (F9 & KDE 4.1 (from updates-testing))

Hi there,

I read here ( http://www.kdedevelopers.org/node/3462 ) that KDE 4.1's
getting a plasmoid front-end to NetworkManager (which doesn't seem to
be in 'updates-testing' yet). Till that arrives, can someone either
point me to a howto or explain how I can go about setting up a WPA
connection for an Intel 4965 AGN wifi adapter (Thinkpad T61).

I tried playing with 'system-config-network' and it seems to be
lacking any WPA configuration options. Can anyone help point me in the
right direction?


--Mike


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btw, here's my kernel version and output from 'nm-tool'. Let me know
if I can provide anything else that might be helpful in
troubleshooting. Thanks.

[bailey@homer:~]$ uname -a
Linux homer.localdomain 2.6.25.11-97.fc9.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Jul 21
01:09:10 EDT 2008 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[bailey@homer:~]$ sudo /etc/init.d/network status
Configured devices:
lo eth0 wlan0
Currently active devices:
lo eth0 wmaster0 wlan0

[bailey@homer:~]$ sudo /etc/init.d/NetworkManager status
NetworkManager (pid 2239) is running...

[bailey@homer:~]$ nm-tool

NetworkManager Tool

- Device: eth0 ----------------------------------------------------------------
Type: Wired
Driver: e1000e

... <snipped> ...


- Device: wlan0 ----------------------------------------------------------------
Type: 802.11 WiFi
Driver: iwl4965
State: disconnected
Default: no
HW Address: ... <snipped> ...

Capabilities:
Supported: yes

Wireless Settings
WEP Encryption: yes
WPA Encryption: yes
WPA2 Encryption: yes

Wireless Access Points
linksys: Infra, ... <snipped> ..., Freq 2437 MHz, Rate 0
Mb/s, Strength 97 WPA

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