Xubuntu & WPA

[Devon Harding]

On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 1:07 PM, Knapp <magick.crow at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 6:18 PM, Devon Harding <devonharding at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 8:14 AM, Knapp <magick.crow at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 2:02 PM, Raseel Bhagat <raseelbhagat at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> > Hi Devon,
> >> >
> >> > On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 5:28 PM, Devon Harding <
> devonharding at gmail.com>
> >> > wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 2:02 PM, Devon Harding <
> devonharding at gmail.com>
> >> >> wrote:
> >> >>>
> >> >>> I just installed Xubuntu 8.04 on my Fujitsu notebook and I can't
> seem
> >> >>> to
> >> >>> get the WPA wireless working.  When I click on the network icon in
> the
> >> >>> panel, it lists my Dlink wireless router's SSID (WPA).  Now when I
> >> >>> click my
> >> >>> ssid, it prompts for a WEP key instead of WPA.  What gives?  How do
> I
> >> >>> get it
> >> >>> to detect WPA networks?
> >> >>>
> >> >>> -Devon
> >> >>
> >> >> Anyone?  Could this be the hostap driver that comes with Ubuntu? If
> so,
> >> >> how can I update this driver?
> >> >
> >> > I'm using Ubuntu 8.04 and detecting, associating and connecting to WPA
> >> > APs
> >> > works fine for me.
> >> >
> >> > Which wireless driver are you using ? What is your wireless card ?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks,
> >> > Raseel
> >> > http://raseel.in
> >>
> >> What does your /etc/network/interfaces file?
> >> How about wpasupplicant.conf?
> >> Or is this not how it is done with Ubuntu?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Douglas E Knapp
> >>
> >> http://sf-journey-creations.wikispot.org/Front_Page
> >>
> >> --
> >
> > /etc/network/interfaces only has the following:
> >
> > # The loopback network interface
> > auto lo
> > iface lo inet loopback
> >
> > # The primary network interface
> > auto eth0
> >
> > I have wpa_supplicant installed, but no /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
> >
> > -Devon
> >
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> So there is nothing about wlan0? Is that because you don't have a wifi
> card?
>
>
> --
> Douglas E Knapp
>
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>
>
NetworkManager suggests you comment out all but localhost.  When I run
iwconfig, it shows the info about wlan0.  I'm thinking its an issue with
NetworkManager itself supporting WPA with the version of Prism 2.5 driver
(hostap).

-Devon
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