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    cannot connect to wifi with Ubuntu

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by breakingcustom, Aug 9, 2008.

  1. breakingcustom

    breakingcustom Notebook Guru

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    So I just installed Ubuntu 8.04 on my notebook and as expected I could not connect to wifi. My wireless card detects the WEP network automatically but for some reason it won't accept the passkey for it. I'm 100% sure i'm typing it in correctly and yet it still won't connect. Could it be that I need to update my wireless card driver?


    -David
     
    breakingcustom, Aug 9, 2008
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  2. archer7

    archer7 Notebook Evangelist

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    Please tell us what the name of your wireless card is, and what chipset if possible.

    *EDIT*

    Better yet, tell us what the output of the following command is:

    Code: 
    lspci | grep 'Network'
     
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  3. breakingcustom

    breakingcustom Notebook Guru

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    Well, I figured it out. Turns out the passkey that I'm supposed to enter is not under WEP passphrase but under WEP ascii
     
    breakingcustom, Aug 10, 2008
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