Configuring non-gui options in Network Manager

[lexxonnet]

Hey everyone,

I'm using Kubuntu Dapper and have tried to get Network Manager working with my University's Wireless Network. I recently did manage to get wpasupplicant working, but its a bit of a chore, cos everytime I move hotspots, I need to look for an ip again, and also, a lot of issues switching between a wired and a wireless network. Sometimes, it randomly loses the connection, and I have to restart networking to get it back.. weird!

KNetworkmanager(or Network-manager-gnome) seems to be a much better solution, but it doesn't seem to allow all the options for configuring a WPA network. I just wanted to ask if there's any way to get all the wpasupplicant options working with network manager, such as specifing a wpasupplicant config file in network manager and so on... I'm attaching my wpasupplicant config file for reference.

I had initially posted this on the ubuntu dapper forums, but to no avail... within a couple of hours, the thread slipped to page 3 or 4! :P

Cheers

ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=0

eapol_version=2
ap_scan=2
fast_reauth=0

network={
    ssid="ACHERNAR-BG"
    key_mgmt=WPA-EAP
    proto=WPA
    eap=PEAP
    pairwise=TKIP
    group=TKIP
    identity="********"
    password="********"
    ca_cert="/etc/ssl/certs/Thawte_Premium_Server_CA.pem"
    phase1="peaplabel=0 include_tls_length=1"
    phase2="auth=MSCHAPV2"
    priority=1
}