On Tuesday 05 September 2006 20:14, PerfectReign wrote:
On Tue, September 5, 2006 3:38 am, Puneit Singh wrote:
I had a talk with the system administrator. He told me that he has set the wireless configuration to 64 bit WEP passphrase on channel 8. He also told me that he doesn't clearly remember thing so he asked me to meet him again on Friday as that day he will show me the entire configuration.
If you are not using KWallet and he's using WEP, then here's what you need to do to connect. (This is the same as my home network.)
Click on the KNetwork icon in the system tray. This should bring up a list of networks available. Select the one you are trying to connect to. You then need to switch the passphrase type prior to typing in the passphrase.
The passphrase type will be listed in "Use Encryption" and be one of several settings depending on your configuration. For example, here at work, I have "WPA Personal" and "WPA Enterprise" available. At home, I have 64 bit ASCII, 128 bit ASCII and HEX (not the rock band) available.
I'm sure there are others to discover. (Wardriving anyone?)
Here at work, I use the "WPA Personal" selection and at home I use the "64 bit ASCII" selection. These, I've found, equate roughly to what your router configuration has available.
Now, my question is, since I am unable to connect, and I have an appointment with him; what should I look for. He is having little knowledge of Linux and operates a windows machine.
This is irrelevant for your situation. He just needs to be able to tell you the network type the WEP/WPA passphrase and what encryption is being used. You can then make the selection. Even my Wintendo laptop has these selections available. He said, when he configured the system, he made a provision for Linux. I don't know how true or valid is that.
Yeah, basically that is KNetwork manager telling you that you're SOL and you are not getting on the network. Keep in mind, too, that many WiFi networks are also locked down to only utilize certian MAC addresses. (Both my work WiFi and my home WiFi employ this added layer.) If this is the case, your admin will need to add your MAC into his list. No, I really don't think its the MAC address. We got names like 'activity
palza' (should have been plaza but its fed wrongly); cafeteria, mess, library All these have the same 64bit WEP key. Atleast this much I know for sure. When I click on KNetworkManager, I get the available networks and I select the one I want to connect to, but connection doesnot happen. I have even tried giving static ip address just in case, but that also didn't help. When I was using windows on the same machine, I didn't face this problem. So I am very sure either its the driver or the configuration or if it is possible then the network doesnot accept linux systems. I have installed IPW2200 firmware. Shall I try with ndiswrapper. I have an Intel pro2200 bg wireless card. -- Puneit Singh 0091-9350832020