Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu Feisty WPA

[jeff <jeffv@op.net>]

Art Alexion wrote:
> Sadly, I sure can't get it to work.

is it Feisty?
(the OS, not the card)


> card.  After setting it up with ndiswrapper*, it was able to connect to the 
> store's network, i.e. both the link and the activity lights worked, but I 
> couldn't ping anything.  I figured it was some sort of authentication error.

are you trying to connect with WPA, WEP, or plain?
I could get a different card to connect, provided I used SSID 
broadcasting and no WPA, but that wasn't acceptable.

Did you add wpa_supplicant and configure it?



> I'd like to start over, any suggestions of undoing any harm I did and what I 
> should do instead.  I still have both cards and don't care which one I get 
> working.

I don't think you did any harm, other than that of failing to convince 
it to connect.

I'll let you know what I find when I try the older laptop again.


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