Getting wifi to work

[Alexander Skwar]

Matthew Kuiken wrote:
> Alexander Skwar wrote:
>> Matthew Kuiken wrote:
>>
>>> Have you tried without WEP enabled.
>>
>> No, I haven't. Might try do so. It's a PITA though - but of course
>> something to check. Now I just need to find out how I disable WEP
>> on OpenWrt - anyone? :)
> 
> Not certain on this one.  I'm just running the standard Linksys 
> firmware...  When I installed Breezy way back when, I couldn't get WEP 
> to work.  I eventually did, but can't remember how.

Hm. Thanks.

>>>  It's not a permanent solution, but it says whether the wireless is 
>>> working at all.
>>
>> I think wireless is working, because I see my ESSID in network-admin
>> and because it works under Gentoo. Is this a wrong assumption?
> 
> I didn't realize you were still using network-admin.  I would recommend 
> upgrading to network-manager.

How do I upgrade? Can this be done without a network connection? :) I
hope I can upgrade without having to install Ubuntu, as the installer
crashes at the 5th step, where partitions are to be selected.

> As far as the interface working or not, having it work under Gentoo 
> means there isn't a hardware problem, but there still could be software 
> problems under Ubuntu.

Exactly. And I'm after the software problem that Ubuntu shows. And
that's where I'd need help from you Ubuntu guys here.

Alexander Skwar
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