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On Wednesday 11 July 2007 13:30, Rob Beard wrote: > peter wrote: > > Hi > > > > I have fitted a new Edimax EW-7128G to my Ubuntu Feisty Computer and am > > having problems. Using network Manager it tries to make a connection > > then dies. I naturally thought this is because of my system, drivers > > and such. However perhaps it is finger troubles. > > > > iwlist ra0 scan gives me > > > > Cell 01 Address 00:11:50:79:45:6B > > ESSID belkin54g > > Mode Managed > > Channel 11 > > Encryption key off > > Quality 90/100, Signal Level -24 dBm Noise level -256 > > > > Cell o2 ...and so on. > > > > Is this good? Could it be finger trouble with the GUI? Am I almost > > there? > > > > Thanking you in advance > > > > Peter > > Have you got any sort of encryption (WPA, WEP etc) enabled on your > wireless router? > > Rob Agreed - it does look like the connection is being dropped because of authentication issues. The line Encryption Key off is suggesting that no encryption is set for the card and, if the router does use it, the connection will drop out. Note that wpa, whilst much more secure than wep, is often problematic (at least at first) in Linux. But we can work around that if it proves to be the issue. Mark -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html