wireless driver+encryption on wicd

[meandmine]

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Mike McMullin wrote:
>   I'm trying to connect my laptop to my wireless base station using
> WICD, but cannot get a connect.
>   The base is using WPA Personal, WPA Algorithm: TKIP
>   The ESSID shows up but I cannot get a connection, in fact several
> secure networks show up.
>   The laptop has an Atheros AR2413 on the pci bus, and the kernel module
> in use is: ATH5K, Ubuntu9.04 with 2.6.28-15-generic.  I had been using
> the mad-wifi driver under openSuSE11.1.
> 
> 
Have you set your WPA up correctly? Beside the BSSID in WICD, there is a
triangle. Click it and enter your credentials.

I have seen cases where the cert doesn't take.
In most cases, it's as simple as turning off your computer, rebooting
the router and then rebooting your machine. You should get a prompt for
your key. Enter it, all done.
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