setup wireless connection

[Thomas Blasejewicz]

Nathan Bahn さんは書きました:
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> On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 9:13 AM, Thomas Blasejewicz
> <thomas at s7.dion.ne.jp <mailto:thomas at s7.dion.ne.jp>> wrote:
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>     Nathan Bahn さんは書きました:
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>         I */will/* say that it */sounds/* to me as though WEP -- and
>         */not/* /"WPA2"/ -- is enabled; if this -- in fact -- is the
>         case, then you effectively have no wireless security worth
>         speaking of.
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>         --N.B.
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>     Under "Encryption mode" it says: WPA/WPA2 Pre-Shared Key
>     Whatever that may mean.
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> T.B.--
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> That might be the problem right there. I suspect that the router's
> encryption is set to WEP, while the /computer's/ encryption is set to
> a WPA/WPA2 configuration. Is there any truth to this?
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First: HOW am I supposed to acertain this? (as I mentioned before: I am
not a computer specialist and do not know; sorry)

Second: How come there is no problem at all setting up / establishing
the connection under PCLinuxOS???
(naturally all the same hardware)
All I had to do there was to enter the encryption code given on the
bottom of the router.
That is something even I can handle, whereas under Ubuntu I am toiling
for a week now ...
In between - sometimes, and then only for short periods - a connection
actually **WAS** established.
That means, if I am not very much mistaken, that the hardware is working.

Or am I, again, simply too stupid and miss the point entirely?