wireless driver+encryption on wicd

[Mike McMullin]

On Wed, 2009-10-07 at 02:26 -0400, meandmine wrote:
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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 had a connection under network manager, then did updates and lost
the connection, then installed wicd, and decided to go with that.
I don't recall a triangle on it.  (I bit the bullet and restaged the
system but have not installed wicd.)

> 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.

  I would not have done the rebooting of the router, there are six other
systems on the network, all using the Internet at once.  :(