WPA problem

[NoOp]

On 12/12/2008 10:59 AM, Andy wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Sorry about the delay in replying.
> 
> 2008/11/20 Nils Kassube <kassube at gmx.net>:
[snip]
>> 4. If none of the above works, download the LiveCD image for Ubuntu 8.04
>> and check if 8.04 supports your WLAN hardware.
> 
> Didn't recognise the hardware.
> 8.10 recognised the hardware but still couldn't connect via WPA.
> 
> I got the product number wrong by a digit. It's supposed to be:
> F5D7051uk, Version 1000uk. NOT F5D7050uk as a stated previously, Sorry.
> 
> Anyone got any suggestions?

Yes. Upgrade to 8.04.1. (ref my previous post on this thread):

> According to this:
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsBelkin
> F5D7050 v4002 uk (USB ID 050d:905b) works out of the box (including WPA)
> with Ubuntu 8.04

> According to:
> http://cateee.net/lkddb/web-lkddb/RT73USB.html
> your device uses the rt2501/rt73 driver. You may want to onsider
> upgrading to 8.04 - see:
> http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/upgrading-8.04
> as 8.04 includes rt2500 source in universe in order to enable in
> restricted hardware. You can also download directly from:
> http://www.ralinktech.com/ralink/Home/Support/Linux.html
> [RT2501USB(RT73:RT2571W/RT2573/RT2671] but you will need kernel 2.6.24 &
> up, see:
> http://www.ralinktech.com.tw/data/drivers/ReleaseNote-RT73STA-v1101.txt