WiFi how to set WEP and SSID

nocturn ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org
Tue Jan 25 08:07:18 UTC 2005


Hans Poppe Wrote: 
> Hi, I'm running Ubuntu Warty on a HP XE3 laptop and it works very well.
> I've
> a WiFi card (HP with prism2 chip). I need help in setting the WEP key
> and
> SSID for my network. On the Ubuntu FAQ it says I should go to computer
> ->
> System Configuration->Network but I cannot find anywhere to enter the
> WEP
> key or ESSID.
> Anyone else know how to do this?
> Hans Poppe
> *************
> C:\DOS
> C:\DOS\RUN
> \RUN\DOS\RUN
> 
> 
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I don't know about the GUI tools, but the SSID and WEP key go in
/etc/network/interfaces.

I think you can use the ncurses frontend netcardconfig too.


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