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Do you know if you router is accually set to restricted encryption? Most routes don't give you an option, it is all open encryption. Try
iwconfig ath0 key open
and ...
- 02-15-2006 #11Linux User
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Do you know if you router is accually set to restricted encryption? Most routes don't give you an option, it is all open encryption. Try
iwconfig ath0 key open
and see if it works.Registered GNU/Linux User #399198
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- 02-15-2006 #12Just Joined!
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hey thanks for your help...
i'm still not able to access any sites but i am now able to at least ping the router successfully....any ideas now?Code:iwconfig ath0 key open
- 02-16-2006 #13Linux Guru
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what happens when you ping sites now, and you are sure that KInternet is set to startup with ath0 on login?
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- 02-17-2006 #14Just Joined!
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ok, the only way i can get this card to work properly is if i disable the encryption on the router (i was using wpa encryption)...why is this and what can i do about it so i can use the wpa security.
thanks
- 02-17-2006 #15Linux Guru
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Did you try wpasupplicant?
Works for me...
Here is a nice tutorial."To express yourself in freedom, you must die to everything of yesterday. From the 'old', you derive security; from the 'new', you gain the flow."
-Bruce Lee
- 02-17-2006 #16Linux Guru
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You can install it via Yast, the package is called wpa_supplicant. Also yast takes care of setting up the wpa_supplicant.conf script for you, just select correct encryption and enter teh key, Yast takes care of the rest.
One thing I am not understanding is why the card would associate with the AP, if wpa wasn't "workoing" properly or wasn't installed. Also trying to enter wpa key through iwconfig won't work as iwconfig only supports the wep keys.Life is complex, it has a real part and an imaginary part.
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i have wpa supplicant installed but i'm not too sure if its configured correctly or running...can u help me with this?
- 02-18-2006 #18Linux Guru
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You need to configure correctly /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf:
take a look a this tutorial."To express yourself in freedom, you must die to everything of yesterday. From the 'old', you derive security; from the 'new', you gain the flow."
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