[Gllug] wireless setup

[Bruce Richardson]

On Sat, Mar 07, 2009 at 08:26:21PM +0000, Diana wrote:
> 
> The iwconfig of the laptop is 
> iwconfig eth1
> eth1      unassociated  ESSID:off/any  
>           Mode:Managed  Channel=0  Access Point: Not-Associated   
>           Bit Rate:0 kb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   Sensitivity=8/0  
>           Retry limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
>           Power Management:off
>           Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
> 
> Please advise.

As somebody else said, wpa_supplicant is a recommended tool for wireless
cards.  It can cope with wpa, wpa2, multiple profiles based on ssid etc.
There are several GUI tools that will do the hard work for you if you
can provide the basic parameters (e.g. wpa2, private key, ssid).  wpagui
is one.

-- 
Bruce

Hierophant: someone who remembers, when you are on the way down,
everything you did to them on the way up.
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