New to linux and I installed current debian on old laptop with dell truemoble 1150 wireless connected and working fine. Only problem was I had to change router encryption wpa to wep for some reason. I cannot connect using trendnet tew-229ub usb wireless , It this possible and if yes what do I need to do?


should I upgrade the gnome network mgr to the current release ?
I noticed an icon running on the bottom left on systray and it is the NetworkManager-0.6.0-0.6. and it has (not connected symbol). I assume it is saying the wired connection is not connected but it does not say the wireless is connected or does not show my wireless router dlink.
I see the current version is 0.7.0 but synaptic does not have it .

How can I do it ? remember I am new to linux


Icon Name Last modified Size Description[DIR] Parent Directory -
[ ] LATEST-IS-0.7.0 27-Nov-2008 02:36 1.5M
[ ] NetworkManager-0.7.0-rc1-0.7.0-rc2.diff.gz 14-Nov-2008 22:14 25
[ ] NetworkManager-0.7.0-rc1.tar.bz2 03-Nov-2008 00:37 1.0M
[ ] NetworkManager-0.7.0-rc1.tar.gz 03-Nov-2008 00:37 1.4M

thanks