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From: "Paul-B"
Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu
Subject: Re: Wireless on Ubuntu
Date: 15 Feb 2007 12:57:19 GMT
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b#EAL 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...
Don't be naive... some form of encryption is an absolute *must* for
wireless internet access.
OK, so your local paedophile pulls-up outside your house, opens his
laptop, and downloads all his child pornography, piggybacking on your
connection. Disconnects and drives away. Meanwhile the powers that be,
who have been watching the sites he downloads from, track the ip
address of the broadband connection being used to download, and guess
what? It's yours, as your ISP will confirm.
Who do you think will take the rap?
--
Paul-B
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