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

[Rapael Morcha]

On Sat, Sep 01, 2007 at 10:44:40PM +0200, Nils Kassube wrote:
> Rapael Morcha wrote:
> > What's the encryption mechanism in newer APs? WPA2 or WEP?
> 
> I don't know about dedicated APs, but I have 2 different routers with 
> wireless AP included. Both support WEP, WPA, WPA2. If you use WEP it will 
> only protect you from newbies. According to an article I read some months 
> ago, WEP can be cracked within about 1 minute.

Now that's interesting! Why would someone even use WEP in their AP? There seems to be WPA support in Ubuntu already though. It's sad some vendors still seems to use WEP. Do they even care about customers? Don't seem like that to me from your above post. :)