On Friday 06 October 2006 10:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > > 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) > > I just installed Xubuntu on a laptop. A previous installation (from the > same media) did not see the wireless card, but the latest did. > > I managed to configure Wep through the gui. The trick was knowing the > format that it expected the WEP key - Pasting in the WEP key using the same > format as the XP configuration dialog didn't raise any errors, yet still I > couldn't ping anywhere. No on-screen hints that the hex digits are meant > to be separated by hyphens in groups of 4, and that it has to be prefixed > with "restricted ". Perhaps that would have been obvious to anyone who > knows what they're doing (not me) or who has configured it through a .conf > file in the past.
network manager brings up a dialog that greys out the login button for every combination of input except 1234567890 (WEP64 open auth) It then fails to connect. wifi-radar fails too. Network manager Hardware List says Cisco 350 airo YES I know the hardware works: iwconfig eth2 channel 6 iwconfig eth2 key 1234567890 ifconfig eth2 192.168.5.61 Connected to the world! Thanks, moi frustrated! I'll try the winders-way: reinstall James -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
