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Whilst perusing Usenet on 4 Mar 2007 04:39:20 GMT, I read these words
from Blue  :
>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.

Easier said than done !

I just bought a D-Link G630 which, from all the sources that I'd
managed to find, indicated that it *had* an Atheros chipset.

But it hasn't . . . it's a TI ACX111 chipset that's in the card.
(Same as the three USR8410 cards that I already had !) 

Grrrrrrrr !

If it wasn't for the hardware and software problems
this computer lark might actually be enjoyable !

-- jjj
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