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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I'm starting to have time to try to tackle this problem again. For those who don't really remember, I added a wireless router to my home network; this seems to be functioning properly. I've confirmed using two separate laptops, our babysitter's and my wife's (dual-boot), both using Windows. Linux, though, is a separate story. My laptop uses Fedora 9 (and my wife's is now a doorstop). When I had wireless working previously, I was able to get it working in one of two ways: setting up the interface (wlan0) using the network settings (system-config-network), and by connecting via wlassistant. The latter was preferable, as it would not only permit me to connect automatically but also not hard-code me into only one wireless network so I could bring the laptop somewhere else. Unfortunately, this seems to no longer work. I can't get a handle on the problem, but from watching the process it *seems* to be crapping out when negotiating the WPA exchange. Last night I downloaded and burned the new Ubuntu 8.10 CD, and booted up under the LiveCD facility. After entering the same information (essid, WPA password) it connected without a problem. I've not yet brought it anywhere to see if I can have multiple setups simultaneously. So what is Ubuntu doing right that I'm missing with Fedora? Part of the problem is that I don't quite know where to look to find the info that will help me ask more intelligent questions. I would also prefer not to have to change distributions because of this problem. I'll try to use the Fedora 9 LiveCD tonight just to confirm that this isn't a problem with my particular configuration/installation. Any information would be appreciated; I suspect that this is exactly the problem which was inhibiting my connection to the (open) WAP at the September meeting. Thanks! -Don -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJD2AOiVR8AmYXiFARAgqgAJ9SNT6HCwwQhlvB6FHrsLH+ZW2hXgCggHOk NKQKQt1mPPPLlb1r8O7yfi8= =Aov3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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