wireless... connection problems

[odattner]

I am pretty new to linux... ~24 hrs

I installed Debian on another comuter I have. Managed after some work to install ndiswrapper, download the wireless card driver and activate the wlan0 connection.

I entered the network settings tool and clicked into the properties of wlan0.
It asked me there for ESSID (I entered "default") key type ("hex") and the key (which I entered as well). It then took a little time and I guess it did the configuration.

But I still wasn't connected. I clicked the drop down list of detected networks (top right, next to the date) and say several networks (including mine). I clicked on it and it asked for the network key. I selected 64 bit hex (as configured on my router), entered the key and clicked the button to log into the network. No luck.

I can't figure out why there are 2 places to enter the key (network config tool) and when selecting the network from the drop down list.

Can anyone help?

Ori

[odattner]

After rebooting my system for one reason or another, things seem to have gotten a little worse...
First of all, in order to see wlan0 I had to repeat the "modprobe ndiswrapper" command.
Now, the network settings window shows that wlan0 is active, will let me configure it, but will not let me set it as the default gateway.
However, when I go to the GNOME network tools, and select wlan0 device, I see that all the stuff at the bottom reads as "not available".
By the way, I am connected to the internet through the wired connection of the computer (eth0 I guess) but it says it is not configured and not active!

I have attempted to attach the relevant screenshots.

Thanks,

Ori
Screenshot-Network settings.jpg

Screenshot-Network Tools - Devices.jpg

[MikeTbob]

This is a trick from my Fedora days, but I remember that I had to prefix the HEX key with a 0x (Zero X) to signify that the key was in HEX format, give that a shot.

[wollybyte]

I had to repeat the "modprobe ndiswrapper" command
add ndiswrapper at the end of the file /etc/modules

I am connected to the internet through the wired connection of the computer (eth0 I guess) but it says it is not configured and not active
the connection is managed by nm-applet

[wollybyte]

have you enabled roaming mode innetwork tools

[odattner]

hi,

thanks, i'll try.
what is roaming mode?
what is nm-applet... how do you use it?

ori

[techieMoe]

what is roaming mode?

Roaming mode, if I'm not mistaken, just tells your wireless card to search for any and all wireless networks it can find. They should show up in the network manager window.

[wollybyte]

what is nm-applet... how do you use it?
from root terminal issue command
apt-get install network-manager-gnome
you will get an notification applet in the taskbar

[wollybyte]

roaming mode