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   From: Joe LaVigne    
   Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu   
   Subject: Re: Wireless on Ubuntu   
   Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 12:26:28 +0000 (UTC)   
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   On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 11:31:40 +0000, Mateus Denigris wrote:   
      
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   > On 2007-02-15, Joe LaVigne spake thusly:   
   >> On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 10:34:08 +0100, Clmg-Skynet wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> How to configure my D-link DWL-G650 wireless adapter where my router uses    
   >>> WPA-PSK encryption.   
   >>> I do not know how to configure WPA PSK in my Ubuntu Linux running on a    
   >>> laptop.   
   >>   
   >> I am having the same issue.  I can connect to WEP devices, but even after   
   >> installing Knetworkmanager, I still have no options for WPA.  It may be   
   >> that the linux driver for my card (and yours) does not support WPA.  I   
   >> hope that's not the case.   
   >>   
   >> When I go to my tobacconist I have to connect to the internet using   
   >> Windows.  That's just not acceptable...   ;-)   
   >    
   > sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but Fedora and Ubuntu both have issues   
   > with wireless ethernet. I don't know if it's a linux wide problem, but I   
   > have given out a lot of ubuntu disks to coworkers and to date, none of them   
   > has gotten their wireless ethernet to work. One friend at work was determined   
   > to make it work, and spent a great deal of time researching and working on   
   it.   
   > He never did get it working. I kept telling him he was better off just going   
   > hard wire, and he finally did, to his delight. It worked right off.   
      
   The wireless works fine.  If my card is installed during boot, it is   
   recognized and works without issue on unencrypted or WEP networks.  Only   
   issue here is the lack of a WPA configuration.   
      
   I was never able to get the wireless working on Fedora...   
      
   >    
   > I am paranoid. Wireless encryption is very vulnerable. I suppose if you have   
   > to have connectivity in hot spots, you would need it. Otherwise, I would'nt   
   > recommend anyone use it for security reasons. Again, call me paranoid.   
      
   You are paranoid.  For home use, with a little care, there isn't much of   
   a problem.  Yes, someone can get into it and use my bandwith.  With a   
   secure OS, though, you won't need to worry too much about your data.   
      
   > Get a sniffer app and drive down the street with a laptop sometime.   
   > You'll get a taste of what I am talking about. A half way competant 16   
   > year old cracker could break into your lan from the comfort of a parked   
   > car.   
      
   Sure he can.  He'll have a harder time getting anything useful from the   
   LAN, though, besides a free internet connection...   
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