[Nottingham] wifi weirdness

[Paul]

I have seen a similar problem with Apple Wireless and computer with Ubuntu 13.10 and 12.04LTS. Worked fine to other WiFi points but would not connect to the Apple one. It turned out to be the Apple wireless AP was dual band and it was being confused by the laptop. The solution the worked for me was to rename the 5GHz so the SSIDS were MyAccessPoint and MyAccessPoint(5GHz). All worked fine. Added bonus was I could select the 5GHz band on devices that supported it and got higher through put.


Hope this helps 

 
On 16 Mar 2014, at 01:01, stripes theotoky <stripes.theotoky at googlemail.com> wrote:

> The problem:
> 
> Have tried to connect to the wireless  with two different laptops running Linux, Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.  One is a Samsung N150+ notebook, the other a Lenovo ThinkPad W520.  
> 
> The problem occurs only with the work wireless.  Ipad and windoze laptop connects fine.
> 
> Both machines have been connecting with no problem to airport wifi, home wifi, or at friends.
> 
> The computer that is giving problems is a Samsung N150 netbook.
> The operating system is a fully updated version of the latest LTS release of Ubuntu running Gnome.
> 
> The computer will connect perfectly happily to a 3Com router in staff accommodation so ultimately connecting to the university network and to 3Com at home, Billion and Netgear routers at friends places. The only other  system it refuses to connect to is Skymesh at mother in laws.
> 
> I have a Lenovo with the same version of Ubuntu on it also fully updated which connects just fine. So far as I can see the settings are the same on both boxes.
> 
> WPA2 Enterprise
> Protected EAP
> CA Certificate none
> PEAP version automatic
> Inner authentication MSCHAPv2
> 
> Either I am overlooking something simple in the settings or there is some voodoo I really don't understand.
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