getting 3Com wireless to work

Christoph Georgi christoph.georgi at web.de
Tue Aug 23 07:08:52 UTC 2005


i'd first try to set up the wireless without encryption.. have a look
through the troubleshoot guide at
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WiFiTroubleshooting. maybe you can limit the
problem..

hth
christoph


Deep Thinker wrote:
> Hello All,
> 
> This is my first posting to the list.
> 
> I am running ubuntu 5.04 on a Gateway Profile 2.
> 
> The only thing I can't seem to get configured is my Wireless card.
> 
> 
> 3Com PCMCIA (3crpag175)
> 
> 
> under SYSTEM>ADMINISTRATION>NETWORKING the card is listed and the
> station says "The interface ath0 is active." I have put in my ESSID
> and my 128 bit encryption key. The card is blinking and looks like it
> is trying to do something. But I cannot connect to the Internet or any
> local resource.
> 
> Where should I begin to look to troubleshoot this issue?
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks

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