Ubuntu WPA wireless setup question

[NoOp]

On 09/17/2009 01:32 PM, Jason Ash wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> First, I was wondering if I could send e-mails on this list without
> being subscribed (because I don't want 200 emails a day). My real
> question is about connecting my laptop running Ubuntu 9.04 to my home
> wireless WPA network. My Widows XP desktop connected just fine, but
> ubuntu will say connection is active but there aren't any colored bars
> in the network manager applet and it doesn't acquire a DHCP assigned
> IP address and neither is it connected to the internet (tried ping,
> too). I should just be able to add a new wireless network, type in the
> SSID, choose WPA personal, type in my passphrase, and choose DHCP for
> IP address assigning and be on my way, but apparently it doesn't work
> this way. Yesterday, somehow I got a WEP wireless connection on my
> laptop, but when I tried it again, I couldn't get that to work either.
> I'm using Ndiswrapper for my Intel 2200 wireless network adapter, and
> I have always been able to connect to the open, unsecured wireless
> networks at college using my laptop. I have also read over the
> documentation at
> https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/internet/C/wireless-connecting.html,
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WPAHowTo?highlight=(wpa),
> and https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/internet/C/troubleshooting.html
> without finding a solution. Moreover, I have searched the forums and
> Google without any luck. I don't know how to use IRC, so I can try
> that too if anyone is willing to tell me how. My residential wireless
> gateway is a 2wire 2701. The only modes it allows are open or shared
> WEP, WPA, or WPA and WPA 2 (current setting). I would really like to
> keep it on WPA since the encryption is so much better.  Please help
> me.

I notice that nobody has responded to your post. Have you resolved the
issue, or do you still need help? I suspect that the 2wire 2701 is just
fine as long as you have it set up correctly. I'd focus on the Intel
2200 & remove the ndiswrapper and try the ipw2200
(System|Administration|Hardware Drivers).

Regarding your problem, have you also checked:

http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/

<http://www.google.com/search?complete=0&hl=en&source=hp&q="Intel+2200"+%2Bwpa>

<https://launchpad.net/+search?field.text="intel+2200">
[Ignore Bug #346613 - it's a waste of time]
<https://launchpad.net/+search?field.text="intel+2200"+%2Bwpa&field.actions.search=Search>

<https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager>
<https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager?field.searchtext=wpa&orderby=-importance&search=Search&field.status%3Alist=NEW&field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITH_RESPONSE&field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITHOUT_RESPONSE&field.status%3Alist=CONFIRMED&field.status%3Alist=TRIAGED&field.status%3Alist=INPROGRESS&field.status%3Alist=FIXCOMMITTED&field.assignee=&field.bug_reporter=&field.omit_dupes=on&field.has_patch=&field.has_no_package=>

<https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager?field.searchtext=ipw2200&orderby=-importance&search=Search&field.status%3Alist=NEW&field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITH_RESPONSE&field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITHOUT_RESPONSE&field.status%3Alist=CONFIRMED&field.status%3Alist=TRIAGED&field.status%3Alist=INPROGRESS&field.status%3Alist=FIXCOMMITTED&field.assignee=&field.bug_reporter=&field.omit_dupes=on&field.has_patch=&field.has_no_package=>

After all that, I'd give wicd a try (using ipw2200 without ndiswrapper).