Hi,
I have a Netgear wireless router and I used to use WPA encryption.
It works fine with that. When I switch the router to WEP (Automatic),
the laptop doesn't detect the connection soon enough, and sometimes
takes very long. When I do a manual connection, it says "Connected"
for a second and then says "Not Connected". However, in the "Not
Connected" state on WEP, I can still acces internet. I have a Broadcom
wireless card 4318 (in-built).
The reason for going to WEP instead of the fine-working WPA is that
I made my laptop dual-boot with Ubuntu, and the defalt wireless
security is WEP and doesn't have any other options.
On 2 May 2007 17:30:30 -0700, PGPS <premgrps@gmail.com> wrote in
<1178152230.937270.233540@e65g2000hsc.googlegroups .com>:
> I have a Netgear wireless router and I used to use WPA encryption.
>It works fine with that. When I switch the router to WEP (Automatic),
>the laptop doesn't detect the connection soon enough, and sometimes
>takes very long. When I do a manual connection, it says "Connected"
>for a second and then says "Not Connected". However, in the "Not
>Connected" state on WEP, I can still acces internet. I have a Broadcom
>wireless card 4318 (in-built).
> The reason for going to WEP instead of the fine-working WPA is that
>I made my laptop dual-boot with Ubuntu, and the defalt wireless
>security is WEP and doesn't have any other options.
>
>Any suggestions on how to fix this?
Don't use WEP -- it's too easily cracked to be of any real value. That
said, if you insist on using WEP, re-enter _all_ keys in _hex_ (not
characters) -- otherwise key mismatch is likely.
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>I have a Netgear wireless router and I used to use WPA encryption.
>It works fine with that. When I switch the router to WEP (Automatic),
>the laptop doesn't detect the connection soon enough, and sometimes
>takes very long. When I do a manual connection, it says "Connected"
>for a second and then says "Not Connected". However, in the "Not
>Connected" state on WEP, I can still acces internet. I have a Broadcom
>wireless card 4318 (in-built).
If you must use WEP, use the Hex key instead of the ASCII key. There
are ASCII to Hex conversion oddities.
>The reason for going to WEP instead of the fine-working WPA is that
>I made my laptop dual-boot with Ubuntu, and the defalt wireless
>security is WEP and doesn't have any other options.
Baloney. WEP is very insecure. The latest cracker tools will extract
the WEP key in seconds.
On Thu, 03 May 2007 15:13:04 -0700, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
> The reason for going to WEP instead of the fine-working WPA is that
>>I made my laptop dual-boot with Ubuntu, and the defalt wireless
>>security is WEP and doesn't have any other options.
What version of Ubuntu are you using? I am currently dual booting with
Windows Vista Ultimate and Ubuntu 7.04 and I can assure you that Ubuntu,
at least the version I have, supports WPA/WPA2. Not only did Ubuntu
recognize my wireless card (Intel 3945abg) right out of the box, it also
detected my wireless AP and knew that it was using WPA2. It asked for my
passphrase and upon entering it, I was connected almost immediately. With
that in mind, I recommend that you take the advice of the people in this
newsgroup and use WPA instead of WEP. Anyway, take care.
wireless "Not Connected" but getting Internet 
Linear Mode
