I never had done any configuration using iwconfig (except once to change out of open mode per your suggestion.  Any other configuration was done using the menu item System/Administration/Networking which brings up the same windows as if I run network-manager from the command line.  It provides very few options unless you count the options for static IPs etc.  Before I left the house I loaded wifi radar which I used on my old laptop and had no luck.
<br><br>I am down at the clubhouse now using the open wifi there which came up after I futzed a bit with wifi radar AND went back to network-manager and turned everything off including eth0 (wired connection not available here).&nbsp; I wish I could be more precise, but my frustration level is now through the roof so I am less coherent ATM.
<br><br>One thing that REALLY bothers me is that Linux people have been doing networking well much longer than Microsoft but this is truly trivial in M$ Windows.&nbsp; That is just wrong on so many levels!!!&nbsp; Seems like the Linux world is focused on fixed location handling while Windows has addressed the mobility issue better.
<br><br>Anyway, I will be heading over to EVALUG in an hour or so.&nbsp; Maybe Eric will be there to help though I kind of doubt it.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 3/19/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Josh Coffman</b>
 &lt;<a href="mailto:josh_coffman@yahoo.com">josh_coffman@yahoo.com</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div>
<div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">maybe i just missed it, but did you say how you were configuring it? I&#39;m curious how it would go if you configured it with iwconfig.
<br><br>just for reference:<br>iwconfig eth1 essid wireless_network_name key the_wep_key commit<br><br>sometimes i have to first make sure everything is down by:<br>dhclient -r eth1; ifdown eth1<br><br>-j<br><br><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">
<span class="q">----- Original Message ----<br>From: Dazed_75 &lt;<a href="mailto:lthielster@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">lthielster@gmail.com</a>&gt;<br>To: Main PLUG discussion list &lt;
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<br>Subject: Re: Wireless on new laptop<br><br><br><br></span><div><span class="e" id="q_1116c5b823f7b614_3"><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 3/19/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Josh Coffman</b> &lt;<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:josh_coffman@yahoo.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
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<div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ubuntu has a NetworkManager applet comparable to knetworkmanager, which is the the applet used in many KDE distros.
<br><br>Are you using iwconfig to configure your wireless or some other graphical tool. The manager applets I&#39;ve seen sometimes require a &#39;0x&#39; before the encryption key and some don&#39;t. iwconfig does not accept &#39;0x&#39; prefix when setting the key. If you use a gui app, you need to make sure the right encryption modes are set.
<br><br>I&#39;m pretty darn sure the chipset you have supports wep 64/128 (aka 40/104). I spent a lot of time working on the wireless when i first put linux on my laptop. I came to the conclusion that broadcom chipsets suck and my next laptop would use an intel chiipset.
<br><br>-j<div><span><br></span></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div>&lt;snip previous msgs&gt;<br>Agreed.&nbsp; Josh this is the Intel 3945 chipset&nbsp; and under Ubuntu 6.10 I was using network-manager (though it is just called Networking on the System/Administration menu).&nbsp; One has no opportunity there to specify an encryption type.&nbsp; You have a place to specify whether you are inputting the key as ascii (
i.e. a passphrase) or in hex so I don&#39;t think you can enter a 0x prefix (all chars echoed as big dots).&nbsp; In fact, the snipped code from my first message the output of iwlist eth1 encryption showed the same key digits the router/AP shows.
<br><br>Additional Info:<br><br><div style="margin-left: 40px;">larry@lapdog2:~$ iwconfig<br>lo&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; no wireless extensions.<br><br>eth0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; no wireless extensions.<br><br>eth1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; unassociated&nbsp; ESSID:&quot;mariewilliam&quot;&nbsp; 
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mode:Managed&nbsp; Frequency=nan kHz&nbsp; Access Point: Not-Associated&nbsp;&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Bit Rate:0 kb/s&nbsp;&nbsp; Tx-Power:16 dBm&nbsp;&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Retry limit:15&nbsp;&nbsp; RTS thr:off&nbsp;&nbsp; Fragment thr:off<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Power Management:off
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Link Quality:0&nbsp; Signal level:0&nbsp; Noise level:0<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Rx invalid nwid:0&nbsp; Rx invalid crypt:0&nbsp; Rx invalid frag:0<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tx excessive retries:0&nbsp; Invalid misc:427&nbsp;&nbsp; Missed beacon:0<br><br>sit0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; no wireless extensions.
<br></div><br>Note the last line (Tx) for eth1 seems to show something about 427 Invalid misc errors.&nbsp; No clue what that means but I am sure it is significant.<br><br>-- <br>Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don&#39;t matter and those who matter don&#39;t mind.&nbsp;&nbsp;- Dr. Seuss
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