Xubuntu & WPA

[Devon Harding]

On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 1:32 PM, Devon Harding <devonharding at gmail.com>wrote:

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


What's the difference between FC9 & Xubuntu?  I had the WPA working fine in
FC9 (after I updated the firmware) using NetworkManager but then decided to
switch to Xubuntu for a faster setup.

-Devon
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