Wireless Connection Problems

[Joel Oliver]

Derek Broughton wrote:
> Graham Todd wrote:
>
>   
>> I'm having some problems with connecting with my HI-GRADE Model 332
>> laptop and its included Intel/PRO Wireless 2200 wireless card.  Now
>> this is the problem.
>>
>> At university, there is a "campus web" and the laptop connects
>> effortlessly there, without any problems.  At home, the laptop simply
>> doesn't connect at all.
>>     
>
> Then clearly there's nothing intrinsically wrong with either your adapter or
> the network software.
>  
>   
>> I've thought about changing the wireless card, but the laptop is only
>> on loan to me and opening it will void the warrenty, so its not an
>> option.
>>     
>
> There's always Cardbus/ExpressCard/USB adapters... Not that I expect it to
> make a difference, since you connect fine on-campus.
>
>   
>> Can anybody suggest what's wrong?  I'm using Kubuntu Hardy btw.
>>     
>
> Not without your logs...
>   
Not really helping fix your problem, but.... I've found that switching 
between many different wifi setups in different areas (WEP/WPA 
mixtures...) is much easier replacing network manager and its applet 
with Wicd

Just add this line to your /etc/apt/sources.list

deb http://apt.wicd.net hardy extras

then:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install wicd

Wicd has many more features pertaining to managing many essid's and 
allowing them to auto connect if desired.  It also manages wired 
networks as well.

Please note this package conflicts with network manager and mn-applet 
and will remove them before installing itself...  It may be a good idea 
to re-download these 2 or 3 packages from the repos and/or copy them out 
of /var/cache/apt/archives/ in case you need to reinstall them in case 
things get messed up and you lose your internet.

Too bad Ubuntu/Kubuntu doesn't use Wicd by default.  It truly is an 
amazingly simple and highly configurable network management utility.

Hope this helps....
Joel.