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Subject: Re: Sorry, wireless again (!)
Date: 4 Mar 2007 04:39:20 GMT
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On Sat, 03 Mar 2007 19:43:56 +0000, Joe LaVigne wrote:

> On Sat, 03 Mar 2007 12:19:13 +0000, Derek Turner wrote:
> 
>> prawn wrote:
>>> On Sat, 03 Mar 2007 00:17:58 +0000, Derek Turner wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>>  
>>>> I feel that I am 'so near yet so far' from cracking this so any advice 
>>>> gratefully received. wpasupplicant (which I presume = the debian 
>>>> wpa_supplicant) is loaded by the way. Tried turning off all security on 
>>>> the router and having no passkey in 'Networking' but still no joy.
>>>>
>>>> Forgot to say that Wireless Assistant 'sees' and correctly identifies 
>>>> the SSID.
>>> 
>>> There will be stuff in the syslogs relating to attempted connections which
>>> can be useful.
>>> 
>>> In the meantime, do you want to try this from the command line and
>>> see what the results are?
>>> 
>>> (replace xxxx with your device name, natch.)
>>> 
>>> sudo iwconfig xxxx essid "The Relevant SSID"
>>> sudo iwconfig xxxx enc "s:your_wep_encrypyion_key"
>>> sudo dhclient xxxx 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>> wep? I'm using wap-psk but I'll  try it, thanks
> 
> that seems to be your problem.  You do not have WPA working properly on
> you card, but your router is using it.  You cannot get IP because you do
> not have a WPA connection.

In line with this idea. How about dropping all security while testing, and
until you get things working? Then you can start to screw things down.


> 
> Because you are using an NDIS Wrapper, I am not the best one to give
> advice for getting it working.  I used a card with native support, and was
> able to get it to work pretty easy using the instructions found at:
> 
> http://www.vollink.com/gary/deb_wifi.html
> 
> Give it a try.  It has drop-down boxes for telling the page what you are
> using, and it will generate all of the necessary files for you (you'll
> have to copy and paste).
> 
> Some of the stuff is a little bit different, but once you get it all in
> there and start the services, run the Gnome Network Manager applet, and
> see if the WPA option isn't there for you.  It worked great for me on the
> first try with my Atheros card...

Gentle reader, Atheros is the key word here. Ms Penguin chats to them
faster than she can swim. They work as fast, as well as ethernet cards.

BTW madwifi is what you need and they are off chatting. To heck with the
wrapper stuff.

http://madwifi.org/

BTW search for wifi in the apt, synaptic interface.

Finally, you might wish to keep in mind that Atheros chips work like
money, so ensure that you buy that chip in your wifi card. I have no $
interest in Atheros chips, apart from buying then cause they work.
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