Wifi won't connect with password

[Jerry Lapham]

On Monday 21 July 2008 8:36:04 am Glen Cunningham wrote:

> On Monday 21 July 2008 21:00   Jerry Lapham  wrote:
> > I have an Acer Aspire 3002LCi laptop on which I've installed Kubuntu
> > 8.04 on a brand new empty drive.  It has a Broadcom 802.11g Network
> > Adapter with the BCM4318 chipset.
> >
> > I have a D-Lind DI-524 wireless router.  If I set Security to "None" I
> > can get it to connect.  But if I set Security to "WEP", Authentication
> > to "Open System", WEP Encryption to "128bit", and Key Type to "ASCII"
> > with a 13 character Key, it won't connect.  It doesn't work with 64bit
> > either.
>
>     Very similar system here. D-Link DWL-G700  with ...
> 	Authentication  "OpenSystem"
> 	WEP "Enabled"
> 	WEP Encryption "128Bit"
> 	Key Type "Hex (26 characters)"
>
> > KNetworkManager gives me the option of "WEP Passphrase" or "WEP 40/104
> > bit-bit ASCII".  Neither work when I type my 13 character key in the
> > "Passphrase" field.  I even tried making both sides use shared key but
> > that didn't work either.
> >
> > Any ideas?  I don't really want to run with a wide-open router.
>
>     I also could not get any sense out of KNetworkManager - it seems to be
> broken   :-(    What I did was put the needed entries
> in /etc/network/interfaces   like so ....
>
> auto lo ath0  #<--- ath0 is my Atheros-chipped Wifi card
> iface lo inet loopback  # Gotta have lo
> iface ath0 inet dhcp   # dhcp is easier than static here
> 	wireless-mode managed
> 	wireless-essid MyESSIDhere # Case-sensitive
> 	wireless-key 123456789abcdef123456789ab  # Your 26-char Hex key

Thanks!  It works!  When I booted it came up attached, ready to browse.  Now, 
the next question:  How do I find and attach to a different router -- like at 
a motel or my son's or my daughter's houses? 

	-Jerry
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Jerry Lapham
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rjlapham at cinci.rr.com
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