[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi
I did a test install of ubuntu on my laptop, apt-get'd NetworkManager, tried.
Connected to my WEP AP by selecting the AP and entering key. Kewl!
I then did a test install of SLED-10. Also kewl, but I could not connect to my
WEP AP, only unencrypted. (I live in suburbia, security is not an issue! I'm
the only AP in range, neighbours are old geysers, daughter wants WinXp
wireless so WEP seems a good easy fit)
So I re-installed ubuntu and NetworkManager. Daughter is still using WXp WEP.
NM sees nothing! Even tuned to wrong channel (iwconfig shows signal -120dB)
People rave about about Network Manager, but I have only had heartache
with it.
I don't think I did anything different 1st time and 2nd. What could I be
doing.
With SLED using ifconfig + iwconfig I made it work. Have not tried on ubuntu
(where are the WEP keys stored ?). So I think that I can get it to work, but
that's not the point! I want to give NM to a mate-winders-convert to use in
hotels etc. What's the solution.
Any comments on wifi-radar ?
Yeah, I use wifi-radar on a WEP network. It has the option for WAP as
well, I just used wep cause it was the quickest and easiest to set up,
and like you security wasn't really a huge deal.
Now if it works for me, there is no doubt it will work for you, the wifi
card I use is broadcom mini pci express bcm4311, which is not supported
at all under linux, so I am using ndiswrapper to make it work. Network
Manager wont even acknowledge that the card exists and Network settings
under Ubuntu tells me the signal strength is always 100%. Only
wifi-radar tells me the actual strength and allows me to use encryption
(other than command line of course). So if you have a supported card,
you should have no worries at all.
If you need further help let me know
Tuxta
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