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   From: Malcolm    
   Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu   
   Subject: Re: Wireless on Ubuntu   
   Message-ID: <20070215072349.60e28c40@oscar-sled.homeunix.net>   
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   Zvd=d2t)uHB/O 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.   
   >    
   > 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.   
   >    
   > 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.   
   >    
   > Best regards,   
   >    
   > Mateus   
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   Hi   
   I just setup kubuntu 6.10 on my notebook (Toshiba Tecra M3) and use wpa   
   without any issues with the ipw2200 driver and wpa_supplicant. All I   
   need to do is use kwalletmanager/knetworkmanager combination.   
      
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