On June 22, 2005 13:24, Teilhard Knight wrote: > From: "Mikkel L. Ellertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 10:05 AM > Subject: Re: [newbie] mdkcustom missing > > > Teilhard Knight wrote: ... > > It sounds like we don't have everything configured to match your system. > > At this point, I suspect that it is ether the essid, or that you are > > using encription, and you don't have the correct key. (It could also be > > a problem where firmware needs to be uploaded to the device, but that > > should have generated an error message in the logs.) > > > > If it works ok in Windows, then copy down the ESSID and KEY that works > > in Windows, so you can configure Linux the same way. > > The adapter works all right in Windows. No problem at all. > > As for the ESSID and key, I have multiple checked them and I am sure they > are the correct ones. I used them to check the adapter itself is problem > free in Windows. I am as surprised as you, specially because the signal and > the network link were excellent in Windows. And in my laptop I have the > wireless integrated adapter working great in Mandrake. I'll wait for your > feedback. In the meanwhile I'll also make a Google search just in case I > find something. > > Teilhard
Try it with encryption turned off. I was trying a while back to get a wireless PC card working on a laptop. I could get it to work with encryption off, but I could never get it to work with encryption on. In fact, the program that handled the encryption key didn't even have the right size key field (on my wireless router, with 128 bit encryption, the key length is 26 hex digits; yes, I know, that's only 104 bits, not 128; something weird in the way WEP was designed). I forget the details now, though, as this was many moons ago. Of course, you might not be comfortable working with encryption off, either for your own data sent over the air, or for some else being able to war drive onto your network. But realize that WEP encryption is broken anyway (I think it's something to do with the not totally random way that 104 bits are mapped into 128 bits), and will only stop the most casual of interlopers. A determined cracker will be kept out for a maximum of several hours, and a minimum of a few minutes, depending on the amount of network traffic (there's an upper bound on the number of intercepted packets required to crack the key). WPA is better, if it's supported, but I believe even it is not totally secure. If you want any assurance of security over a wireless connection, you have to set it up as a vpn connection. -- Ron ronhd at users dot sourceforge dot net Opinions expressed here are all mine. "As you know, necessity is the mother of invention. I don't know who the father is. Remorse, I guess." - Red Green
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