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   From: Josiah Jenkins    
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   Subject: Re: Sorry, wireless again (!)   
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   Whilst perusing Usenet on 4 Mar 2007 04:39:20 GMT, I read these words   
   from Blue  :   
   >On Sat, 03 Mar 2007 19:43:56 +0000, Joe LaVigne wrote:   
   >> On Sat, 03 Mar 2007 12:19:13 +0000, Derek Turner wrote:   
   >>> prawn wrote:   
   >>>> On Sat, 03 Mar 2007 00:17:58 +0000, Derek Turner wrote:   
   >>>>    
   >>>>    
   >>>>     
   >>>>> I feel that I am 'so near yet so far' from cracking this so any advice    
   >>>>> gratefully received. wpasupplicant (which I presume = the debian    
   >>>>> wpa_supplicant) is loaded by the way. Tried turning off all security on    
   >>>>> the router and having no passkey in 'Networking' but still no joy.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Forgot to say that Wireless Assistant 'sees' and correctly identifies    
   >>>>> the SSID.   
   >>>>    
   >>>> There will be stuff in the syslogs relating to attempted connections which   
   >>>> can be useful.   
   >>>>    
   >>>> In the meantime, do you want to try this from the command line and   
   >>>> see what the results are?   
   >>>>    
   >>>> (replace xxxx with your device name, natch.)   
   >>>>    
   >>>> sudo iwconfig xxxx essid "The Relevant SSID"   
   >>>> sudo iwconfig xxxx enc "s:your_wep_encrypyion_key"   
   >>>> sudo dhclient xxxx    
   >>>>    
   >>>>    
   >>>>    
   >>> wep? I'm using wap-psk but I'll  try it, thanks   
   >>    
   >> that seems to be your problem.  You do not have WPA working properly on   
   >> you card, but your router is using it.  You cannot get IP because you do   
   >> not have a WPA connection.   
   >   
   >In line with this idea. How about dropping all security while testing, and   
   >until you get things working? Then you can start to screw things down.   
   >   
   >   
   >>    
   >> Because you are using an NDIS Wrapper, I am not the best one to give   
   >> advice for getting it working.  I used a card with native support, and was   
   >> able to get it to work pretty easy using the instructions found at:   
   >>    
   >> http://www.vollink.com/gary/deb_wifi.html   
   >>    
   >> Give it a try.  It has drop-down boxes for telling the page what you are   
   >> using, and it will generate all of the necessary files for you (you'll   
   >> have to copy and paste).   
   >>    
   >> Some of the stuff is a little bit different, but once you get it all in   
   >> there and start the services, run the Gnome Network Manager applet, and   
   >> see if the WPA option isn't there for you.  It worked great for me on the   
   >> first try with my Atheros card...   
   >   
   >Gentle reader, Atheros is the key word here. Ms Penguin chats to them   
   >faster than she can swim. They work as fast, as well as ethernet cards.   
   >   
   >BTW madwifi is what you need and they are off chatting. To heck with the   
   >wrapper stuff.   
   >   
   >http://madwifi.org/   
   >   
   >BTW search for wifi in the apt, synaptic interface.   
   >   
   >Finally, you might wish to keep in mind that Atheros chips work like   
   >money, so ensure that you buy that chip in your wifi card. I have no $   
   >interest in Atheros chips, apart from buying then cause they work.   
      
   Easier said than done !   
      
   I just bought a D-Link G630 which, from all the sources that I'd   
   managed to find, indicated that it *had* an Atheros chipset.   
      
   But it hasn't . . . it's a TI ACX111 chipset that's in the card.   
   (Same as the three USR8410 cards that I already had !)    
      
   Grrrrrrrr !   
      
   If it wasn't for the hardware and software problems   
   this computer lark might actually be enjoyable !   
      
   -- jjj   
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