[ubuntu-uk] Wireless adapter, network-manager, and WPA

[Pete Stean]

yeah I'm having probs with a Broadcom BCM4318, ndiswrapper and network
manager at the mo... was fine in feisty - given that this is a bit of
a black art it might well be my fault... still investigating...

Neil, your problem couldn't be because you're trying to issue commands
to it in Welsh could it?? Only asking...
Beth ydy'r Cymraeg am "Computer says no!"?   :)

Pete

On 17/10/2007, Kris Douglas <webbox.uk at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On 17/10/2007, Matthew Larsen <mat.larsen at gmail.com> wrote:
> > My card is supported by default on Feisty, but there is a lot of
> > missing functionality. I have a strange problem where I have to go
> > into the CL everytime I connect to a network:
> >
> > 1) Select Network
> > 2) Connects: but only on IPv6. God knows why.
> > 3) Fire up console: sudo ifconfig ra1 192.168.1.2 up
> > 4) sudo dhclient ra1
> >
> > Bizzarre. I'm being optimistic and hoping Gutsy will fix all this.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> >
> > On 17/10/2007, Kris Douglas < webbox.uk at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > On 17/10/2007, Neil Greenwood <neil.greenwood.lug at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Hwyl i bawb/Hello all,
> > > >
> > > > I've just installed a Linksys wireless adapter in my laptop. It's the
> > > > WPC54GX4, which isn't mentioned in the wiki as being supported, and
> > > > the only thread I found on the forums said it still wasn't working...
> > > >
> > > > However, I used ndiswrapper with the drivers on the CD that came with
> > > > the adapter, and it appears as wlan0. When I try to set it up in
> > > > network-manager, everything looks fine except that the encryption
> > > > drop-down only lists the two WEP options (ascii and hex). I wanted to
> > > > use WPA, and my access point is already configured with a WPA key.
> > > >
> > > > I've got wpa-supplicant installed. Can anyone suggest another reason
> > > > why WPA isn't an available option?
> > > >
> > > > Diolch yn fawr/Thanks,
> > > > Neil.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com
> > > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
> > > > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
> > > >
> > >
> > > Hi, I have had similar problems with supported cards, I would be
> interested
> > > to see peoples opinions...
> > >
> > > --
> > > Kris Douglas
> > >       Softdel Limited Hosting Services
> > >
> > >       Web: www.softdel.net
> > >       Mail: kris at softdel.net
> > > --
> > > ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com
> > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
> > > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Matthew G Larsen
> >    > mat.larsen at gmail.com
> >    > matthew.larsen at logicacmg.com
> >
> > --
> > ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com
> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
> > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
> >
>
> <1 day before we find out :)
>
> --
>
> Kris Douglas
>       Softdel Limited Hosting Services
>
>       Web: www.softdel.net
>       Mail: kris at softdel.net
> --
> ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
> https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
>
>


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