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I have used sudo apt-get install wpagui to install wpagui and also used sudo gedit /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf to find and enter the password.<br><br>When I used wpa_gui<br>Failed to open control connection to wpa_supplicant.<br>PING failed - trying to reconnect<br>PING failed - trying to reconnect<br>PING failed - trying to reconnect<br>PING failed - trying to reconnect<br>PING failed - trying to reconnect<br>PING failed - trying to reconnect<br><br>A box came up said "could not get status from wpa_supplicant and all the spaces under surrent status for adopters, network , ssid , ip address are blanked out.<br><br>Do you know what have I done wrong ?<br><br>Please advise.<br><br>Diana<br><br><br><br>> Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 20:35:45 +0000<br>> From: itsbruce@workshy.org<br>> To: gllug@gllug.org.uk<br>> Subject: Re: [Gllug] wireless setup<br>> <br>> On Sat, Mar 07, 2009 at 08:26:21PM +0000, Diana wrote:<br>> > <br>> > The iwconfig of the laptop is <br>> > iwconfig eth1<br>> > eth1 unassociated ESSID:off/any <br>> > Mode:Managed Channel=0 Access Point: Not-Associated <br>> > Bit Rate:0 kb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm Sensitivity=8/0 <br>> > Retry limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off<br>> > Power Management:off<br>> > Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0<br>> > Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0<br>> > Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0<br>> > <br>> > Please advise.<br>> <br>> As somebody else said, wpa_supplicant is a recommended tool for wireless<br>> cards. It can cope with wpa, wpa2, multiple profiles based on ssid etc.<br>> There are several GUI tools that will do the hard work for you if you<br>> can provide the basic parameters (e.g. wpa2, private key, ssid). wpagui<br>> is one.<br>> <br>> -- <br>> Bruce<br>> <br>> Hierophant: someone who remembers, when you are on the way down,<br>> everything you did to them on the way up.<br><br /><hr />Windows Live Hotmail just got better. <a href='http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/134665311/direct/01/' target='_new'>Find out more!</a></body>
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