Agree. You will need a package called wpa_supplicant (it may be called wpasupplicant in some distros)
-----Original Message----- From: Col [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 30 May 2006 7:23 a.m. To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Wireless laptop Robert Fisher wrote: > On Tuesday 30 May 2006 10:28 am, Robert Fisher wrote: > >>I cannot seem to connect my laptop to my new wireless access point. >> >>To make sure it works and to try to keep it simple to get started I >>tried it with Windows (dual boot laptop) and turned WEP off. >> >>I am using Mepis and am a bit stuck/frustrated. >> > > Progress..... > > Realised (with iwlist scan) that Channel 6 is 2.437 Ghz so when I set > that in > the Mepis Control Centre up it came. > > Tonight I play with WEP. > > WEP is not very secure anymore, you should really work towards getting WPA going, preferably the ccmp/aes option. Col.
