TalkTalk + Huawei HG521 + Ubuntu 10.04.01 i386 + misery, ANY IDEAS?

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On 01-Oct-10 16:29:25 NoOp wrote:
>On 10/01/2010 08:10 AM, Alan Pope wrote:
>> On 1 October 2010 16:12, r <technical500 at talktalk.net> wrote:
>>> at the top right, the leftmost icon is concentric circles like a "sonar"
>>> image with a red exclamation mark.
>>>
>> 
>> That's the puppy!
>> 
>>> when I click that I see:
>>>
>>> (Wired Network)
>>>  (disconnected)
>>> (Wireless Networks)
>>>  (disconnected)
>>> VPN Connections » Configure VPN...
>>>                  (Disconnect VPN...)
>>>
>> 
>> That's basically bad. It means that we didn't detect your USB wireless
>> dongle (assuming it's plugged in).

>He later said:
>"it then says some_network_name Connection Established."

at the top the sonar icon has the waves moving out and back continuously.


>Sounds to me like a DNS issue. Perhaps putting in the DNS directly will
>resolve the problem? If nothing else try 8.8.8.8 (Google's DNS).

>http://www.help.talktalk.net/servicestatus.htm

>Firefox is also going into offline mode:
>"sometimes it says "Offline mode .... try again""
>He needs to make sure the browser is in online mode.


I tried changing to online, and also tried 8.8.8.8 as the URL but 

Firefox says:

Server not found .... try again

according to Windows the network is WPA encrypted,

presumably on Ubuntu I should select "Wireless Security" to

WPA & WPA2 Personal

?

if there is any info I can get from the Windows side which does function

let me know, eg I found its WPA encrypted from the Windows side.


or if I should install a different version of Ubuntu,


>...


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