Re: [wlug] wireless connection

On 07/07/07, jaytee(a)clear.net.nz <jaytee(a)clear.net.nz> wrote:

My landlord has agreed to share his wireless connection (for a fee) with me and has provided me with the password. If I boot into windows, add the password it all works but with Ubuntu I cannot get a connection. so far I tried ascii and hexadecimal but no connection i have the networking set to dchp the router address is 192.168.1.254 do I need to turn off dchp and use a fixed address? Or is there some other thing I may have missed?

Ubuntu 7.04 has zero-conf wireless (and wired) networking. You should be able to click the icon in your panel, type in the key, and away you go. This is assuming your wireless card is supported in Ubuntu (most cards should be though). -- simon