Wireless problem with 10.4 beta

[Fred A. Miller]

On 04/06/2010 01:40 PM, Bruce Marshall wrote:
> I have two laptops:
>
> Toshiba -  with both  10.4  and 9.10  loaded.
>
> eeePC -  with both 10.4 and 9.10 loaded.
>
> When 9.10  is booted on either laptop,  wicd works fine...  which would
> validate that the hardware and the router and all other necessary items are
> correct.  (and that I at least was able to configure things for 9.10)
>
> When  10.4 beta is booted,  the hardware on both  'sees' the wireless card,
> sees the router, is able to get the info from the router (encryption used,
> ssid, etc)  but they don't connect.  Seems to bomb out in the validation
> phase.  Even if I set the router to 'unsecured', they still will not connect.
>
> I normally use WPA2 but have tried WEP and unsecured.  It goes through all the
> motions with the router, but fails.
>
> Anyone else having this problem?
>    

Yes.....with some chipsets. Intel chipsets seem to work fine in Ubuntu, 
however.

Fred

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