Linux Distro that supports WPA2

[alasdairsim]

Here is my dilemma:

My home hub is set to WPA2, I have tried to change it to WEP but that usually results in my desktop not connecting properly even after I have made the sufficient changes.

I have a Acer Aspire laptop on which the keyboard and mouse stopped working with windows. I installed Ubuntu and both work absolutely fine. Problem is WPA2 doesn't seem to work with Ubuntu 9.04. I have tried everything.

Is there a linux distro that supports WPA2 without much hassle?

Any help would be appreciated.

[saivin]

I don't think its an issue with the linux distro. Frankly, I don't know any distro which does not support WPA2. I use Ubuntu and it connects to WPA2 without any problem.

On the contrary, it is possible that your router does not support WPA2. Check in the manual or on vendor's website.

In any case, tell us what exactly is the problem that you face so that you get better help.

[alasdairsim]

My router comes configured to WPA2. My desktop and my mothers laptop (which are XP and Vista) connect wirelessly fine.

When my laptop was on XP it connected with no problems to my router. I changed to Linux because, as mentioned, the keyboard and mouse do not seem to work on Windows at all now.

I tried numerous fixes for Ubuntu 9.04 to get it to connect wireless and the furthest I got was "obtaining IP address". it could connect fine without any security just not when it was set to WPA2.

I changed my routers' security to WEP and the computers on windows had much difficulty connecting and even when they did they only stayed connected for a couple of minutes.

[Cabhan]

I would suspect that Ubuntu supports WPA2 automatically, so it's strange that you're having problems. Did the laptop work with WPA2 back when it had Windows?

You might also take a look at the official Ubuntu documentation at:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WPAHowTo

You can use this to try configuring wpa_supplicant manually, and see if that works.

[MikeTbob]

Do you see a setting for wpa-psk?

[alasdairsim]

Yes, it worked fine on Windows.

I reinstalled Ubuntu 9.04 and now it fails to even recognize my wireless network. It says my adapter is installed, broadcom 4318, and the light is on at the front of my laptop.

[reed9]

Broadcom cards are notoriously tricky under linux. Broadcom released a linux driver for its cards, but it still doesn't support a couple of cards, and conflicts with the native linux driver.

Please post the output of
lsmod

and

dmesg | grep firmware

Assuming you were using the broadcom-wl driver before, your trouble with WPA2 encryption may be similar to this bug.