Question #78516 on Ubuntu changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/78516
john proposed the following answer: What should happen is the icon should show its trying to connect left click and you should see all the nets its found click to mark your one it will ask you for your network pass word it will ask you for a key ring password to store the network password if you choose to use the log in screen at start up the first time it asks for your key ring password you will have a tick box to allow it to access the key ring from your log in if not you will have to enter your key ring password every time > Question #78516 on Ubuntu changed: > https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/78516 > > Status: Answered => Open > > Nurseman52 is still having a problem: > I apparently am not providing enough info. The router of which I speak > is a 2wire gateway provided by ATT, my Broadband provider. I am not > inclined to mess with the gateway much, as it also provides the rest of > my home with much-beloved television and a wired network. I am currently > connected to the router via the wired network while writing this > (temporarily, I hope--until I can fix this issue with the WLAN). Other > things that I have tried include: setting the netkey in "Network > Connections". Also, I have tried going into Terminal and setting them > manually using iwconfig commands. While the iwconfig worked in resetting > the SSID, it will not work with the WPA netkey. As for "setting up the > router" John, the router comes set with a fixed WPA key already on the > box. For my other (XP) laptop, it was simply a matter of copying down > what was on the gateway module and transcribing it in the dialog boxes. > Nothing had to be done via the internet (or going into the box's "URL"). > -- You received this question notification because you are a member of UF Unanswered Posts Team, which is an answer contact for Ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntuforums-unanswered Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntuforums-unanswered More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
