Wireless in ubuntu will not work with static IP address - Wicd installed

[Rapael Morcha]

On Sun, Sep 02, 2007 at 04:05:21AM +1000, Karl Auer wrote:
> On Sun, 2007-09-02 at 03:14 +0930, Rapael Morcha wrote:
> > But for now I believe you _have_ to stick with dynamic IP address
> > allocated to your machine if you are to use wireless connection in
> > Linux.
> 
> I use static IP addresses with wired and wireless connections quite
> happily.
> 
> I don't know what the OP's original problem is/was, but rest assured
> that static addresses work just fine with wireless access points.

Great! So ther you go Neils. You can use static IP with wireless internet. Even a better testimony. ;)
Call me old fashioned but I still like the old way of twisted pairs ;)
 
> 
> All I do is define them in /etc/network/interfaces either directly or
> (more usually) via the GUI at System->Administration->Network.

Yeah, that was my asumpption as well. 

> 
> That said, I think DHCP is way more convenient, and I use static IPs
> only when I have to.

What's the encryption mechanism in newer APs? WPA2 or WEP?