[CS-FSLUG] wireless woes

[David McGlone]

On Friday 20 July 2007 11:38:26 pm David McGlone wrote:
> On Friday 20 July 2007 3:05:33 am Gabe Ginorio wrote:
> > I had a similar problem,
> >
> > > The problem is I cannot connect to my network. I am using 128 bit
> > > encryption and when I use a passphrase or hex it will not connect, but
> > > if I turn off the encryption on the router everything works fine.
> > >
> > > Also, everything works fine under windows, with and without encryption.
> > >
> > >  I've been working on this for 3 days. I've considered ipv6 being on,
> > > i've considered the fact the card is  an 802.11b and the router is
> > > 802.11G but I have the router set so b and G both can use it. Also that
> > > shouldn't be a problem since everything works flawlessly under windows.
> > >
> > > What am I missing?
> >
> > I decided to use the mac address filtering feature of the router instead
> > of a WEP. I couldn't get WEP or WAP to work for nothing. First you need
> > to install a tool that handles WEP or WPA  (wpa-assistant) then pray it
> > works. I finally gave up and just used physical filtering ... which has
> > done a perfect job of keeping my network ... well ... my network.
>
> Thanks Gabe, I opted to do the same for now. I'll get me a better NIC as
> soon as I can.
>
> Also just to make sure, did you disable broadcasting your SSID? When using
> MAC address filtering you shouldn't broadcast your SSID.

Sometimes I think I sound like a broken record! Or scratched. One of the 
Two. ;-)

-- 
David M.