[NBLUG/talk] Fwd: Ubuntu and WEP?

[Jordan Erickson]

Also see WICD for an alternative wireless manager.

http://wicd.sourceforge.net/


Cheers,
Jordan

Emanuel R wrote:
> I have had mixed luck using the GUI to configure my wireless card on a
> ThinkPad T60p.
> Depending on the Kernel versions, the changes made in the Network
> Manager (GUI) didn't always translate into a working connection, even
> though the settings I entered were correct.
> In other words, on that specific LapTop, the GUI, Network Manager has
> not always worked.
> Many times I still have to configure the connection through the command
> line.
> 
> Emanuel
> 
> 
> Tom Duffy wrote:
>> I'm a little confused.  Does your friend want to configure the wireless 
>> connection from the command line?  If so, he should use the iwlist and 
>> iwconfig commands.  Ubuntu allows you to use the GUI to do all of this 
>> though.  He should be able to just click on the network manager icon in 
>> the toolbar and select his network.  It will then ask for his key.  If 
>> his network isn't appearing in the list, then his wireless card might 
>> not be configured correctly.  There is a great wireless forum at 
>> www.ubuntuforums.org that will be a great resource for him.
>>
>> Tom
>>
>>
>>
>> gandalf at sonic.net wrote:
>>   
>>> A friend of mine just wrote me with this. I have no experience with wireless under linux. How can I help him out? 
>>>
>>> I dual booted a Dell 520 laptop today with Ubuntu. Somehow I got stuck 
>>> on the wireless configuration. The old D-Link DI-614+ router I'm using 
>>> only has WEP encryption. I can't seem to find any help on this type of 
>>> wireless setup. I'm guessing on what I should be putting in for BSSID, 
>>> MAC address, the router has 3, and DHCP Client ID. Know of any good 
>>> tutorials that would cover this?
>>>
>>> Terry
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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