uhh.. she downgraded the security on her router?

On 4/10/07, Josef Lowder <joe@actionline.com> wrote:
> .
> On Mon, 9 Apr 2007 08:37, Josef Lowder wrote
> > After trying to install kubuntu (and having it destroy my winxp
> > partition), I installed PCLinuxOS and it not only works perfectly,
> > its installation "fixed" the problems that kubuntu created with
> > grub.  So now both winxp and Linux boot fine ... and with PCLinuxOS,
> > everything "just works," including wireless, right "out of the box."
> >
> > However, I have discovered a very curious problem with the wireless connection
> > in one location.  I am now on a two week trip and I while the
> > wireless connection worked perfectly on my home router (2-wire) and
> > it worked perfectly in the hotel where we stayed last night, now
> > that we are staying at our daughter's home, the wireless connection
> > to the router in her home that works at 54Mbps when I boot xp is
> > painfully slow when I boot Linux.  For both, I connected with a WEP
> > key (whatever that means).
> >
> > So, any suggestions how to correct this problem?  While it seems to
> > work fine when I first connect, within a minute, the connection
> > slows down to a complete halt when I try to view web mail.
>
> Well, I didn't receive any reply to this question, but after much
> searching and experimenting, I think I may have solved this problem.
> At least my wireless connection seems to be working okay now.
>
> So, this message is just to recap what I have learned in case it
> might help someone else.
>
> My daughter changed her wireless router from a "wpa" to a "wep"
> type of connection, which then used a different "key" to be entered.
> The first (wpa) "key" was a 16-character alpha-numeric "key."  The
> second (wep) "key" was a 26 character alpha-numeric "key."  But after
> setting this up, nothing worked.  So, I finally ended up deleting
> the wireless configuration entirely and when I reinitiated it, it
> all works fine, now.
>
>
>
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