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From: Mark Warner on 21 Apr 2010 19:09 Mark Warner wrote: > Bear Bottoms wrote: >> Yeah, this is an ancient problem that has been fixed-right? Wrong. >> Runs out of the box? Wrong! > >> 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. > > What distro and version? > > Live or installed? Still waiting. If you can't even provide the bare basic information, people can't help you. Especially if you require GUI directions, rather than copy/pasting commands provided into a terminal -- the latter will work on most anything. GUI configuration will vary from distro to distro and may also vary between versions. -- Mark Warner MEPIS Linux Registered Linux User #415318 ....lose .inhibitions when replying
From: Craig on 21 Apr 2010 19:12 On 04/21/2010 04:06 PM, Mark Warner wrote: > 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. You're assuming that BB has suddenly started telling the truth. -- -Craig
From: za kAT on 21 Apr 2010 19:21 On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 23:15:32 GMT, Bear Bottoms wrote: > za kAT <zakAT(a)super-secret-IPaddress.invalid> wrote in > news:hqnuqh$a33$1(a)news.eternal-september.org: > >> On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:26:42 GMT, Bear Bottoms wrote: >> >>> za kAT <zakAT(a)super-secret-IPaddress.invalid> wrote in >>> news:hqmkfu$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. > > No OK, what router/access point are you using? and what are the exact security settings you are using on the router/access point. I don't need the key, but what is it's length approximately? -- zakAT(a)pooh.the.cat - www.zakATsKopterChat.com
From: Shadow on 21 Apr 2010 19:27 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? From you own links: /////// Fixing Broken WiFi on Inspiron 9400 in Ubuntu Karmic 25 November 2009 I just got done with a fresh install of Ubuntu Karmic on my big laptop – the 17″ Dell Inspiron 9400. Almost everything installed flawlessly – I continue to be amazed at how much faster and easier it is to install Ubuntu than other operating systems and even Linux distributions. The one problem was with wireless. It turns out that the iwl3945 firmware that ships with Karmic has a bug that prevents the Intel wifi from connecting if the access point offers WPA2 encryption with AES as a possibility for security. To fix this bug, follow these steps: 1. Download the latest iwl3945 firmware from the Intel Linux Wireless site = http://intellinuxwireless.org/?n=Downloads 2. Make a copy of the /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-3945-2.ucode file that contains the old firmware. 3. Copy the new iwlwifi-3945-2.ucode to /lib/firmware 4. Reboot. /////// But you should tell us what dist/version you are using, what kernel (command is uname -r), also the other stuff I asked for. []'s If it's a firmware problem give us a printout of: dmesg |grep firm Mine gives me: [ 31.176144] rt61pci 0000:00:0c.0: firmware: requesting rt2561s.bin (it found my firmware - for a ralink adapter)
From: Mark Warner on 21 Apr 2010 20:22
Bear Bottoms wrote: > Mark Warner wrote: >> >> I'll be watching. > > I'll take that as a no. Remember what I told you about taking direction? -- Mark Warner MEPIS Linux Registered Linux User #415318 ....lose .inhibitions when replying |