[ubuntu-in] Connecting a Wifi router to a BSNL Broadband modem through Ubuntu

[Ramnarayan.K]

Hi Raseel,

On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Raseel Bhagat <raseelbhagat at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> You can isolate the problem step-by-step.
> First see if you are able to connect through a Wired connection using a
> regular Ethernet cable.

Nope cannot connect to the net via ethernet cable (through the wifi router)

> If that works, try connecting wirelessly WITHOUT any security. See if you
> can ping your router atleast.
I can ping the wifi router but not the BSNL modem

> It's after this that you should try the security modes.
Yes will try this two

> And my advice would be to go for a WPA-PSK with TKIP encryption, since most
> clients support this mode.
> WPA2 and/or AES might not be supported by all Clients.

so how does one figure which clients have which kind of encryption protocol

thanks
ram