wireless problem

[Lisa Kachold]

handshake logs would be helpful?

On 4/19/09, Robert Holtzman <holtzm at cox.net> wrote:
> I'm having a problem connecting with encryption enabled.
>
> My setup is a Desktop and a Dell latitude laptop both running Ubuntu
> 8.04 and both running wicd (at the moment). The desktop is hard wired to
> the Linksys WRT54GL router. If I configure the router with the web based
> utility and don't enable encryption I can connect and access everything
> on the net with no problem. If I go back and enable wpa or wpa2 and
> save, the connection is dropped. When I try to reconnect the error
> message says that "this network requires encryption to be enabled" even
> though the network is detected as having wpa or wpa2 encryption. Opening
> advanced settings on wicd shows encryption to be enabled. I tried
> entering a random string as a pass phrase when I set up the encryption
> and also tried letting the configuration automatically do it, both with
> no luck.
>
> Also, even when I connect unsecured, the desktop won't connect.
>
> At this point I am beginning to look at the block wall in my back yard
> and wonder if I can put the router through it.
>
> Any help *greatly* appreciated.
>
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> Bob Holtzman
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