[Wylug-help] Orange Livebox WIFI and Fedora Linux on a DELL

[Gary Stainburn]

Hi Lee,

The laptop is fairly new, just a few months old. Admittedly I've not tried it 
on anything else that uses WPA-PSK. it's a DELL Vostro 1510.

I think the 'Pairing' on the Livebox is an added security measure, in that it 
only accepts WIFI connections from new devices while in pairing mode, 
otherwise it will only talk to previously paired devices.  Not something I've 
come across before, but seems to have been on these boxes since 2006.

I'll try changing the channel and also try WEP and see what happens.

Gary

On Thursday 05 November 2009 11:28:41 Lee Evans wrote:
> Hi Gary,
>
> I would try changing the channel back to something between 1 and 11. 13 is
> not part of the original specification, and your laptop or driver may not
> accept it.
>
> Try knocking the security down from WPA-PSK to 64 bit WEP. Again, some old
> cards and drivers don't support the newer WPA-PSK (you didn't say what
> laptop).
>
> Also make sure that your router is set to 802.11 a / b / g / n mode which
> matches with those supported by your laptop / wifi card
>
> There's no such thing as 'pairing' in WiFi - it's probably a WPS button,
> and I've only ever known them to cause problems - it's trying to simplify
> something that shouldn't be too complicated in the first place. I would set
> your wifi config manually in the router, and work from there on the laptop
>
> HTH
> Lee
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:wylug-help-bounces at wylug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Gary Stainburn
> Sent: 05 November 2009 10:58
> To: wylug-help at wylug.org.uk
> Subject: [Wylug-help] Orange Livebox WIFI and Fedora Linux on a DELL
>
> Hi folks,
>
> I've just changed ISP to Orange and I'm trying to set up the WIFI
> connection to my DELL, running an up-to-date FC11.
>
> My desktop, connected by lan cable works fine and I have logged into the
> Livebox to confirm the settings.
>
> The WIFI settings are:
>
> Channel 13 (changed from 6 but made no difference
> WPA-PSK:
> TKIP
>
> I checked the key and it matches on both the Livebox and the laptop.
>
> I pressed the WIFI button to put it into pairing mode.
>
> When I try, it looks like it is connecting on the laptop but on the
> Livebox, nothing appears on the device list.  I have no connectivity.
>
> Anyone got any ideas?
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