Help with wireless networking

[Gilles Gravier]

The network configuration tool of Ubuntu is extremely simplistic. It 
assumes that your WEP key is in position 1. If it isn't, you have to do 
this manually.

You might need to manually edit /etc/network/interfaces ...

Gilles.

Daniel Carrera wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've put in a new wireless card on my laptop (PCMCIA). Ubuntu detects it
> correctly, but I can't seem to connect to the local wireless network.
> And I feel like I don't have many tools to diagnose the problem.
>
> I'm using the GUI network manager, and I see the wireless card, so I go
> to properties. There I see that Ubuntu has located the network because
> it has the right entry in the network name (ESSID). I enter the WEP key
> (yes, this is a secured network, Ubuntu is supposed to support this).
> Then I set the card to use DHCP. Click OK.
>
> Then the card takes forever to activate and in the end it still has no
> IP address. That is, if I run ifconfig I see the card there (wlan0) but
> it has no IP.
>
> I don't really know what to try. Any ideas?
>
> Cheers,
> Daniel.
>   

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