Re: [wlug] wireless connection
This is the output from: iwlist eth1 scanning ESSID "martin" Protocol IEEE 802.11g Frequency: 2.412ghz Channel 1 Quality: 0/100 Signal level 64dbm: 256dbm Encryption key: on Bit rates 1-2-5.5-11.6-9-12-24-36-48-54MBS Extra:bin_int=100 Extra:ati=0 I have never had a problem with open access points so I wonder if I am incorrectly entering the key somehow ( does it need to be entered twice with a space/dash?) The key is a simple 5 letter dictionary word so I assume that it would be ascii though I did try the hexadecimal entry also. I can ping the router under windows with round trips under 2ms When i ping with ubuntu I get network unreachable. Regards John ----- Original Message Follows -----
I had very similar symptoms with Broadcom.
On my Broadcom I have to issue the following command to connect once the machine has booted. sudo iwlist eth1 scanning
(where eth1 is your card ID).
Not sure why this does it but works for me...
Ian
On 7/8/07, jaytee(a)clear.net.nz <jaytee(a)clear.net.nz>
wrote: Thanks for responses, I have a broadcom wireless in my note book and no wifi radar. Windows is reporting a constantly fluctuating signal on its gui giving a signal of 2 to three bars (5 is max) Ubuntu wireless network "sees" the connection but will not connect once I enter the wep key. My guess is that the signal is too week to connect with as I usually can connect with out any effort. Regards John
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Is this with or without wifi-radar - I've had mixed results without wifi-radar (not sure whether it's the wireless card or not).
Cheers.
On Sat, Jul 07, 2007 at 10:14:34PM +1200, Simon Green
wrote: 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
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On 08/07/07, jaytee(a)clear.net.nz <jaytee(a)clear.net.nz> wrote:
I have never had a problem with open access points so I wonder if I am incorrectly entering the key somehow ( does it need to be entered twice with a space/dash?) The key is a simple 5 letter dictionary word so I assume that it would be ascii though I did try the hexadecimal entry also.
What type of encryption is the access point using? If it's using the (old, insecure) WEP encryption then you should be able to set the key using iwconfig <interface> key s:<password> The s: tells iwconfig that you're specifying a key in ASCII. If it's using WPA or WPA2 encryption then you need to be using wpa_supplicant to do the authentication. In general however, if you're using network manager in Ubuntu (I seem to recall it's not always installed by default?) then you should be able to manage all of this through the GUI without having to even know about wpa_supplicant or bother with the commandline. My sugguestion for step 1 would be to determine whether you are using network manager to control the wireless. To do this go to http://www.gnome.org/projects/NetworkManager/, do you have an interface like the screenshot next to the second paragraph titled "Flexible, Extendable, Open" - The dock icon with a dropdown list of networks and signal strength, etc? -- Matt Brown matt(a)mattb.net.nz Mob +353 86 608 7117 www.mattb.net.nz
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