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From: za kAT on 21 Apr 2010 18:39 On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:26:42 GMT, Bear Bottoms wrote: > za kAT <zakAT(a)super-secret-IPaddress.invalid> wrote in > news:hqmkfu$bb6$1(a)news.eternal-september.org: > >> On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 10:18:12 GMT, Bear Bottoms wrote: >> >>> I have tons other links...I did get it to work once with encryption >>> turned off. I couldn't reconnect after I reset encryption. I spent >>> way too much time on this and finally gave up. >> >> So we have confirmation it now associates, and connects with open >> authentication, and therefore works at a physical level. Which you >> said it didn't. What encryption were you using? >> > > WPA2 OK, simple stuff first. The encryption key, does it contain any characters other than [a-z][A-Z][0-9] and no spaces including leading? I know the other characters are legal, and work on windows, but sometimes they mess with underlying coding. -- zakAT(a)pooh.the.cat - www.zakATsKopterChat.com
From: Shadow on 21 Apr 2010 18:57 On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:30:40 +0000, Bear Bottoms wrote: > Mark Warner <mhwarner.inhibitions(a)gmail.com> wrote in news:839649F6d5U1 > @mid.individual.net: > >> So wireless actually *does* work, you just haven't been able to get the >> encryption congfigured. > > No it doesn't work. If I can't configure encryption, it is useless to > me. I've been very close a couple of times, and followed various tips. I > never got there. That doesn't mean I won't try again in the future, but > why should it be so frustrating just to get wifi to work? Try wicd Should find it in synaptic. Easy setting up wpa2 Give us a printout of(as root) ifconfig and iwconfig Also lspci -kv (the part about the wireless card) Mungle the MAC addresses if need be.
From: Mark Warner on 21 Apr 2010 19:03 Bear Bottoms wrote: > Mark Warner <mhwarner.inhibitions(a)gmail.com> wrote in news:839649F6d5U1 > @mid.individual.net: > >> So wireless actually *does* work, you just haven't been able to get the >> encryption congfigured. > > No it doesn't work. If I can't configure encryption, it is useless to me. > I've been very close a couple of times, and followed various tips. I never > got there. That doesn't mean I won't try again in the future, but why > should it be so frustrating just to get wifi to work? "You'll be amazed at the lengths people will go to help if they have a subject that has done his homework, gives them the information they need to help, and takes direction without getting lippy." Let me add "or whiny" to the end of that. -- Mark Warner MEPIS Linux Registered Linux User #415318 ....lose .inhibitions when replying
From: Mark Warner on 21 Apr 2010 19:06 Bear Bottoms wrote: > Mark Warner <mhwarner.inhibitions(a)gmail.com> wrote in news:839649F6d5U1 > @mid.individual.net: > >> So wireless actually *does* work, you just haven't been able to get the >> encryption congfigured. > > No it doesn't work. If I can't configure encryption, it is useless to me. Oh, and knock it off with the semantics and the hyperbole, too. The wireless works. It's the encryption that you are unable to configure. There's a difference, and you know it. -- Mark Warner MEPIS Linux Registered Linux User #415318 ....lose .inhibitions when replying
From: DissidentArmy on 21 Apr 2010 19:06
On 22-04-10 00:30, Bear Bottoms wrote: > Mark Warner<mhwarner.inhibitions(a)gmail.com> wrote in news:839649F6d5U1 > @mid.individual.net: > >> So wireless actually *does* work, you just haven't been able to get the >> encryption congfigured. > > No it doesn't work. If I can't configure encryption, it is useless to me. > I've been very close a couple of times, and followed various tips. I never > got there. That doesn't mean I won't try again in the future, but why > should it be so frustrating just to get wifi to work? > I can imagine that it must be frustrating to have wifi working but encryption not. |