"Jeff Liebermann" <jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us> wrote in message
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If your Ubuntu
> client is asking for a pass phrase, then some wireless router is
> advertising that it needs one. Since that's not yours, it must be
> someone elses.
>

Nice catch. I have a Ubuntu box doing exactly the same thing. It's a bug in
Network Manager, me thinks. It keeps connecting me to my neighbors signal
(open), and I have to keep manually disconnecting it and having it connect
to mine. Even though mine is stronger, it takes the first one it sees,
apparently. Otherwise, it's the only Linux applet that works with my USB
adapterss (Zydas, and Ralink <Asus>)