Re: Wi-Fi broken on Dell E6520, Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 AGN, Debian 11.7 Xfce

2023-05-06 Thread David Christensen
debian-user: I did some more trouble-shooting and found a better solution: * Dell Latitude E6520 used as desktop/admin on SOHO network: 2023-05-06 13:51:42 root@laalaa ~ # cat /etc/debian_version;uname -a;dpkg-query -W xfce4;lspci|grep Centrino 11.7 Linux laalaa 5.10.0-22-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.

Re: Wi-Fi broken on Dell E6520, Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 AGN, Debian 11.7 Xfce

2023-05-05 Thread zithro
On 05 May 2023 15:46, Charles Curley wrote: On Fri, 5 May 2023 12:29:53 +0200 zithro wrote: That would be nice for them to tell you what THEY consider a valid MAC addr, as I don't think Debian produces MACs with z or x in it ... Maybe they check against a valid manufacturer (which is the 1st h

Re: Wi-Fi broken on Dell E6520, Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 AGN, Debian 11.7 Xfce

2023-05-05 Thread Charles Curley
On Fri, 5 May 2023 12:29:53 +0200 zithro wrote: > That would be nice for them to tell you what THEY consider a valid > MAC addr, as I don't think Debian produces MACs with z or x in it ... > Maybe they check against a valid manufacturer (which is the 1st half > of the MAC addr, iirc called OUI) ?

Re: Wi-Fi broken on Dell E6520, Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 AGN, Debian 11.7 Xfce

2023-05-05 Thread Charles Curley
On Thu, 4 May 2023 21:08:07 -0700 David Christensen wrote: > A further problem -- Debian Well, it isn't really Debian, it's Network Manager. > is changing the MAC address of the Wi-Fi > adapter ("MAC address spoofing", a security "feature") to MAC > addresses This is a security feature for ro

Re: Wi-Fi broken on Dell E6520, Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 AGN, Debian 11.7 Xfce

2023-05-05 Thread David Christensen
On 5/5/23 03:25, zithro wrote: On 05 May 2023 04:52, David Christensen wrote: I was going to surf eBay and find another Wi-Fi card, but then I had one last idea -- double-checking the the CMOS/NVRAM settings via Setup.  I cut the settings down to the bare minimum for Wi-Fi:    Settings    + W

Re: Wi-Fi broken on Dell E6520, Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 AGN, Debian 11.7 Xfce

2023-05-05 Thread zithro
On 05 May 2023 06:08, David Christensen wrote: On 5/4/23 19:52, David Christensen wrote: That said, Wi-Fi does not work with my Ubuiquitti Networks UniFi setup -- it doesn't like the MAC address. A further problem -- Debian is changing the MAC address of the Wi-Fi adapter ("MAC address spoof

Re: Wi-Fi broken on Dell E6520, Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 AGN, Debian 11.7 Xfce

2023-05-05 Thread zithro
On 05 May 2023 04:52, David Christensen wrote: I was going to surf eBay and find another Wi-Fi card, but then I had one last idea -- double-checking the the CMOS/NVRAM settings via Setup.  I cut the settings down to the bare minimum for Wi-Fi:   Settings   + Wireless     + Wireless Switch

Re: Wi-Fi broken on Dell E6520, Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 AGN, Debian 11.7 Xfce

2023-05-04 Thread David Christensen
On 5/4/23 19:52, David Christensen wrote: That said, Wi-Fi does not work with my Ubuiquitti Networks UniFi setup -- it doesn't like the MAC address. A further problem -- Debian is changing the MAC address of the Wi-Fi adapter ("MAC address spoofing", a security "feature") to MAC addresses th

Re: Wi-Fi broken on Dell E6520, Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 AGN, Debian 11.7 Xfce

2023-05-04 Thread David Christensen
On 5/4/23 18:12, zithro wrote: On 05 May 2023 01:55, David Christensen wrote: Try Enable Wi-Fi a couple three more  times -- nope Try Debian 9 -- nope. Try Windows 7 Pro -- nope. It looks like I have a dead Wi-Fi adapter. Or a dead Wifi killswitch (the physical radio button) ? I tested t

Re: Wi-Fi broken on Dell E6520, Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 AGN, Debian 11.7 Xfce

2023-05-04 Thread zithro
On 05 May 2023 01:55, David Christensen wrote: Try Enable Wi-Fi a couple three more times -- nope Try Debian 9 -- nope. Try Windows 7 Pro -- nope. It looks like I have a dead Wi-Fi adapter. Or a dead Wifi killswitch (the physical radio button) ? Last thought, don't you have : - a mechanica

Re: Wi-Fi broken on Dell E6520, Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 AGN, Debian 11.7 Xfce

2023-05-04 Thread David Christensen
On 5/4/23 16:12, zithro wrote: On 05 May 2023 00:24, David Christensen wrote: # ls -l /var/lib/systemd/rfkill total 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2 May  4 12:15 pci-:03:00.0:wlan -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2 May 24  2022 pci-:0b:00.0:wlan -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2 May  4 13:04 platform-dell-lapto

Re: Wi-Fi broken on Dell E6520, Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 AGN, Debian 11.7 Xfce

2023-05-04 Thread zithro
On 05 May 2023 00:24, David Christensen wrote: # ls -l /var/lib/systemd/rfkill total 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2 May  4 12:15 pci-:03:00.0:wlan -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2 May 24  2022 pci-:0b:00.0:wlan -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2 May  4 13:04 platform-dell-laptop:wlan Strange, looks like you

Re: Wi-Fi broken on Dell E6520, Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 AGN, Debian 11.7 Xfce

2023-05-04 Thread David Christensen
On 5/4/23 14:59, zithro wrote: On 04 May 2023 23:26, David Christensen wrote: On 5/4/23 13:36, Christoph Brinkhaus wrote: Am Thu, May 04, 2023 at 01:14:12PM -0700 schrieb David Christensen: [   80.070510] iwlwifi :03:00.0: reporting RF_KILL (radio disabled) [   80.070571] iwlwifi :03

Re: Wi-Fi broken on Dell E6520, Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 AGN, Debian 11.7 Xfce

2023-05-04 Thread zithro
On 04 May 2023 23:26, David Christensen wrote: On 5/4/23 13:36, Christoph Brinkhaus wrote: Am Thu, May 04, 2023 at 01:14:12PM -0700 schrieb David Christensen: [   80.070510] iwlwifi :03:00.0: reporting RF_KILL (radio disabled) [   80.070571] iwlwifi :03:00.0: RF_KILL bit toggled to di

Re: Wi-Fi broken on Dell E6520, Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 AGN, Debian 11.7 Xfce

2023-05-04 Thread David Christensen
On 5/4/23 13:36, Christoph Brinkhaus wrote: Am Thu, May 04, 2023 at 01:14:12PM -0700 schrieb David Christensen: After failing to start Wi-Fi three times, I see: 2023-05-04 12:37:39 root@laalaa ~ # dmesg | grep -i wifi [ 79.953085] Intel(R) Wireless WiFi driver for Linux [ 79.953314] iwlwi

Re: Wi-Fi broken on Dell E6520, Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 AGN, Debian 11.7 Xfce

2023-05-04 Thread Christoph Brinkhaus
Am Thu, May 04, 2023 at 01:14:12PM -0700 schrieb David Christensen: Hello David, [...] > Ethernet and Wi-Fi have both worked in the past; both separately and > simultaneously. > > > After failing to start Wi-Fi three times, I see: > > 2023-05-04 12:37:39 root@laalaa ~ > # dmesg | grep -i wifi

Re: Wi-Fi USB dongle disconnects

2022-05-08 Thread David Wright
On Mon 02 May 2022 at 21:10:18 (-0300), riveravaldez wrote: > On 5/2/22, David Wright wrote: > > On Mon 02 May 2022 at 12:26:44 (-0300), riveravaldez wrote: > But nothing I remember to have created (at least manually). > > > Or has the upgrade tried to revert the system back to a more > > conven

Re: Wi-Fi USB dongle disconnects

2022-05-02 Thread riveravaldez
On 5/2/22, David Wright wrote: > On Mon 02 May 2022 at 12:26:44 (-0300), riveravaldez wrote: >> Hi, I'm using a USB dongle to connect an old desktop machine (updated >> debian-stable) to my home-WLAN (Wi-Fi). >> >> This is the hardware: >> >> ``` >> $ sudo lsusb -v >> Bus 001 Device 007: ID 148f:7

Re: Wi-Fi USB dongle disconnects

2022-05-02 Thread David Wright
On Mon 02 May 2022 at 12:26:44 (-0300), riveravaldez wrote: > Hi, I'm using a USB dongle to connect an old desktop machine (updated > debian-stable) to my home-WLAN (Wi-Fi). > > This is the hardware: > > ``` > $ sudo lsusb -v > Bus 001 Device 007: ID 148f:7601 Ralink Technology, Corp. MT7601U > W

Re: Wi-Fi USB dongle disconnects

2022-05-02 Thread riveravaldez
Hi, it just happened again. 'wlan0' is no more, instead I have 'wlan2'. Apparently this fixes it (manually): ``` $ sudo ifconfig [sudo] password for desktop: lo: flags=73 mtu 65536 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0 inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 scopeid 0x10 loop txqueuelen 1

Re: Wi-fi

2014-03-11 Thread Dmitrii Kashin
Brian writes: > On Tue 11 Mar 2014 at 15:51:01 +0400, Dmitrii Kashin wrote: > >> Why purging? `sudo service wicd stop`. > > I belong to the brutal school of Debian administration. :) If a service > isn't needed - zap it from the machine. This is the reason why I doesn't have neither wicd nor NM.

Re: Wi-fi

2014-03-11 Thread Brian
On Tue 11 Mar 2014 at 15:51:01 +0400, Dmitrii Kashin wrote: > Why purging? `sudo service wicd stop`. I belong to the brutal school of Debian administration. :) If a service isn't needed - zap it from the machine. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject

Re: Wi-fi

2014-03-11 Thread Dmitrii Kashin
Brian writes: > On Tue 11 Mar 2014 at 10:53:17 +, Lisi Reisz wrote: > >> On Tuesday 11 March 2014 10:12:24 pch0...@gmail.com wrote: >> > Hi List, >> > >> > I have problem with my wireless connection - when wifi card is >> > enable via hardware button it freeze network manager (metwork >> > ma

Re: Wi-fi

2014-03-11 Thread Weaver
On Tue, March 11, 2014 4:19 am, Brian wrote: > On Tue 11 Mar 2014 at 10:53:17 +, Lisi Reisz wrote: > >> On Tuesday 11 March 2014 10:12:24 pch0...@gmail.com wrote: >> > Hi List, >> > >> > I have problem with my wireless connection - when wifi card is >> > enable via hardware button it freeze ne

Re: Wi-fi

2014-03-11 Thread Dmitrii Kashin
Lisi Reisz writes: > On Tuesday 11 March 2014 10:12:24 pch0...@gmail.com wrote: >> Hi List, >> >> I have problem with my wireless connection - when wifi card is >> enable via hardware button it freeze network manager (metwork >> manager, wicd and iwconfig). I can't use my AP :-/ > > It sounds as

Re: Wi-fi

2014-03-11 Thread Brian
On Tue 11 Mar 2014 at 10:53:17 +, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Tuesday 11 March 2014 10:12:24 pch0...@gmail.com wrote: > > Hi List, > > > > I have problem with my wireless connection - when wifi card is > > enable via hardware button it freeze network manager (metwork > > manager, wicd and iwconfig)

Re: Wi-fi

2014-03-11 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Tuesday 11 March 2014 10:12:24 pch0...@gmail.com wrote: > Hi List, > > I have problem with my wireless connection - when wifi card is > enable via hardware button it freeze network manager (metwork > manager, wicd and iwconfig). I can't use my AP :-/ It sounds as though you have too many differ

Re: wi-fi hardware disabled

2013-12-24 Thread Klaus
On 23/12/13 20:47, Gregory Nowak wrote: On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 08:14:29PM +0200, andrey.ry...@bilkent.edu.tr wrote: hi everybody! in my network icon in Gnome3 i have "wi-fi hardware disabled". How i can enable it? # lspci -k|grep -i wi -A 3 03:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 W

Re: wi-fi hardware disabled

2013-12-23 Thread Charlie
On Mon, 23 Dec 2013 14:01:29 -0700 Gregory Nowak sent: > > This is probably to silly to even contemplate, but is there a > > "button" or key where you have to actually turn on your wifi > > hardware on your machine? > > > > I know people have asked me why their wifi was suddenly down, and > > the

Re: wi-fi hardware disabled

2013-12-23 Thread Gregory Nowak
On Tue, Dec 24, 2013 at 07:49:57AM +1100, Charlie wrote: > This is probably to silly to even contemplate, but is there a "button" > or key where you have to actually turn on your wifi hardware on your > machine? > > I know people have asked me why their wifi was suddenly down, and they > didn't kn

Re: wi-fi hardware disabled

2013-12-23 Thread Charlie
On Mon, 23 Dec 2013 20:14:29 +0200 andrey.ry...@bilkent.edu.tr sent: > hi everybody! > in my network icon in Gnome3 i have "wi-fi hardware disabled". How i > can enable it? > > # lspci -k|grep -i wi -A 3 > 03:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless Network > Adapter (rev 01) >

Re: wi-fi hardware disabled

2013-12-23 Thread Gregory Nowak
On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 08:14:29PM +0200, andrey.ry...@bilkent.edu.tr wrote: > hi everybody! > in my network icon in Gnome3 i have "wi-fi hardware disabled". How i can > enable it? > > # lspci -k|grep -i wi -A 3 > 03:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless Network > Adapter (rev

Re: wi-fi connection and wicd

2012-10-11 Thread steef
On 10-10-12 18:29, Lisi wrote: I have a newly installed Debian 6.0.6 on my netbook. I cannot get wi-fi going. I have checked the wi-fi card itself by booting a Live DVD. It connects fine on Ubuntu 12.04. I have run various tests with the following results: root@Cronos:/home/lisi# iwconfig lo

Re: wi-fi connection and wicd

2012-10-11 Thread simNIX
Hello, For me on squeeze all works fine. When I add wicd (after I did a remove and purge of network-manager) then the final step to do to get wifi going is setting in gui part wicd which wireless card to use - for me wlan0. Als during install setup asks me what user should be added to netdev

Re: wi-fi connection and wicd

2012-10-11 Thread Brian
On Wed 10 Oct 2012 at 17:29:13 +0100, Lisi wrote: [Some selective snipping done] > I have a newly installed Debian 6.0.6 on my netbook. I cannot get wi-fi > going. I have checked the wi-fi card itself by booting a Live DVD. It > connects fine on Ubuntu 12.04. Using a Debian Live CD would ha

Re: wi-fi connection and wicd

2012-10-10 Thread Hans-J. Ullrich
Hi Lisi, > > What kernel version are you running? > > 2.6.32-5-686 > > Thanks for your reply, > Lisi there is also another bugreport by me from earlier times. But I guess, this reason might be in older kernels, too. At the moment I am running kernek 3.5 from experimental with no errors at all

Re: wi-fi connection and wicd

2012-10-10 Thread Lisi
Hi, Hans! On Wednesday 10 October 2012 17:35:56 Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > > When I try to connect I get the message that no wireless connection is > > available. There are in fact 7 within easy wireless reach, one of them > > my own, and my wireless router is currently about 9 inches away from the

Re: wi-fi connection and wicd

2012-10-10 Thread Luiz L. Marins
Please, see here: http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/all/firmware-linux-nonfree/download and here: http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/non-free/f/firmware-nonfree/ Good Luck -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contac

Re: wi-fi connection and wicd

2012-10-10 Thread Hans-J. Ullrich
> When I try to connect I get the message that no wireless connection is > available. There are in fact 7 within easy wireless reach, one of them my > own, and my wireless router is currently about 9 inches away from the > netbook on the same desk. > > Where do I go next?? > > Thanks, > Lisi H

Re: wi-fi security?

2009-09-02 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mi,02.sep.09, 10:18:10, Celejar wrote: > > > > I can imagine all but the paranoid users (like me ;) actually activating > > this after reading the paragraph above. > > Do you mean "I CAN'T imagine"? Of course, was a typo ;) Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't und

Re: wi-fi security?

2009-09-02 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 1 Sep 2009 09:07:34 +0300 Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Mon,31.Aug.09, 18:10:24, Celejar wrote: > > > > "Google did not explain why using this new feature was so important," > > Perry said. "This gives people who routinely log in to Gmail beginning > > with an https:// session a false sense

Re: wi-fi security?

2009-08-31 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon,31.Aug.09, 18:10:24, Celejar wrote: > > "Google did not explain why using this new feature was so important," > Perry said. "This gives people who routinely log in to Gmail beginning > with an https:// session a false sense of security, because they think > they're secure but they're really

Re: wi-fi security?

2009-08-31 Thread Celejar
On Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:07:57 -0400 Nick Lidakis wrote: > On Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 07:45:48AM -0400, Zachary Uram wrote: > > > 2) How do I make my laptop more secure so others on wifi network can't > > steal or sniff my packets? > > > > If you're using Gmail over wifi you should be logging in wi

Re: wi-fi security?

2009-08-31 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:55:46 -0500 "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." wrote: ... > Actually, I think I was referring to the earlier 12 to 15 minute attack, > although I didn't get either from slashdot. http://www.itworld.com/security/57285/once-thought-safe-wpa-wi-fi-encryption-cracked http://it.slashd

Re: wi-fi security?

2009-08-31 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Monday 31 August 2009 01:04:57 Celejar wrote: > On Wed, 5 Aug 2009 12:27:24 -0500 > "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." wrote: > > If the wireless network uses WPA, you might be safe. There are some > > fairly sophisticated attacks against WPA personal, that don't require > > much resources besides time.

Re: wi-fi security?

2009-08-30 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 5 Aug 2009 12:27:24 -0500 "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." wrote: ... > If the wireless network uses WPA, you might be safe. There are some fairly > sophisticated attacks against WPA personal, that don't require much > resources besides time. So, treat those networks has if they have no > s

Re: wi-fi security?

2009-08-06 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <4a7b1eb8.1030...@physik.blm.tu-muenchen.de>, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: >Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >> BTW, self-signed certificate != end-to-end security, it is trivial for >> an attacker to perform a man-in-the-middle attack. > >Except, if it is you who self-signed BOTH certificates (and v

Re: wi-fi security?

2009-08-06 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > BTW, self-signed certificate != end-to-end security, it is trivial for an > attacker to perform a man-in-the-middle attack. Except, if it is you who self-signed BOTH certificates (and verify that it is still the one

Re: wi-fi security?

2009-08-06 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Paul E Condon wrote: > I want DHCP in the Acer because I intend to use it in the outside world, > not merely on my LAN. But I want to set it up on my LAN, and hopefully, > prepare it for defending itself in the outside world. > > I now see wicd in apt

Re: wi-fi security?

2009-08-06 Thread Paul E Condon
On 2009-08-06_08:16:34, Preston Boyington wrote: > Manon Metten wrote: > > > ...when I tried this, aptitude asked if it should remove > > 'network-manager-kde'. As I'm using that app and don't have wireless, > > I cancelled the installation. > > > > yes, this will also happen if you are running

Re: wi-fi security?

2009-08-06 Thread Preston Boyington
Manon Metten wrote: > ...when I tried this, aptitude asked if it should remove > 'network-manager-kde'. As I'm using that app and don't have wireless, > I cancelled the installation. > yes, this will also happen if you are running the gnome network manager. it's sort of 'all or nothing'. anoth

Re: wi-fi security?

2009-08-06 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 12:27:24PM -0500, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > However, NO wireless security protocol can protect you from packet sniffing > at or *behind* the AP. If the entity that provides the network is a > potential attacker, you must use end-to-end security (ssh, ssl, tls, vpn,

Re: wi-fi security?

2009-08-06 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 06 Aug 2009, Micha Feigin wrote: > On Wed, 5 Aug 2009 17:50:29 +0100 > Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > When I installed network-manager a week ago it blocked wired access to my > > router. I expect I could have reconfigured it in some way but it turned > > out to be unnecessary for my purpose so

Re: wi-fi security?

2009-08-05 Thread Johann Spies
On Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 03:28:21PM -0500, Preston Boyington wrote: > Paul E Condon wrote: > > > wicd has been flawless for me since i started using it. After playing with wicd for a week or three I went back to network-manager. I cannot remember what my problem with wicd was, but it was just ea

Re: wi-fi security?

2009-08-05 Thread Johann Spies
On Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 12:37:30PM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > On 2009-08-05_14:27:26, Johann Spies wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 07:45:48AM -0400, Zachary Uram wrote: > > > Got a new laptop and was wondering about wifi security. I've never > > > used wifi before. I wanted to go to some of t

Re: wi-fi security?

2009-08-05 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 07:45:48AM -0400, Zachary Uram wrote: > 2) How do I make my laptop more secure so others on wifi network can't > steal or sniff my packets? > If you're using Gmail over wifi you should be logging in with https:gmail.com. Using https encrypts not just the login but the ent

Re: wi-fi security?

2009-08-05 Thread Raquel
On Wed, 5 Aug 2009 22:04:13 -0600 Paul E Condon wrote: > > I find myself with a very puzzling problem. I want to look at wicd, > but I can't. When I tried to install it with aptitude, I could not > find it using / search. Check your sources.list. wicd comes from the wicd repository rather tha

Re: wi-fi security?

2009-08-05 Thread Manon Metten
Hi Paul, Sorry, made an error. You should use or course: > # aptitude install -t lenny-backports wicd Greetings, Manon. On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 6:48 AM, Manon Metten wrote: > Hi Paul, > > I'm running Lenny and found wicd on Debian Backports at: > http://packages.debian.org/lenny-backports/wicd

Re: wi-fi security?

2009-08-05 Thread Manon Metten
Hi Paul, I'm running Lenny and found wicd on Debian Backports at: http://packages.debian.org/lenny-backports/wicd You should add the next line to your /etc/apt/sources.list (ie: if you're too using Lenny) deb http://www.backports.org/debian/ lenny-backports main contrib non-free run 'aptitude upd

Re: wi-fi security?

2009-08-05 Thread Paul E Condon
On 2009-08-05_15:28:21, Preston Boyington wrote: > Paul E Condon wrote: > > > > > I am having some difficulty with network-manager. Aptitude says it is > > installed on my Acer Aspire one... > > Paul, seriously take a look at wicd. network-manager is now the second > thing I uninstall on my De

Re: wi-fi security?

2009-08-05 Thread Micha Feigin
On Wed, 5 Aug 2009 17:50:29 +0100 Anthony Campbell wrote: > On 05 Aug 2009, Michael Ekstrand wrote: > > > > > > The easiest way is to use network-manager. If you click on the Icon > > > in your toolbar it should show you the detected networks. You can use > > > the "Create New Wireless Network

Re: wi-fi security?

2009-08-05 Thread Nate Bargmann
* Zachary Uram [2009 Aug 05 07:04 -0500]: > Got a new laptop and was wondering about wifi security. I've never > used wifi before. I wanted to go to some of the local coffee shops > that offer free wii but I need to know: > > 1) How do I setup wifi in Linux? Have a supported chipset (Atheros is

Re: wi-fi security?

2009-08-05 Thread Preston Boyington
Paul E Condon wrote: > I am having some difficulty with network-manager. Aptitude says it is > installed on my Acer Aspire one... Paul, seriously take a look at wicd. network-manager is now the second thing I uninstall on my Debian/Ubuntu machines (the first being the update-manager because I

Re: wi-fi security?

2009-08-05 Thread Paul E Condon
On 2009-08-05_14:27:26, Johann Spies wrote: > On Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 07:45:48AM -0400, Zachary Uram wrote: > > Got a new laptop and was wondering about wifi security. I've never > > used wifi before. I wanted to go to some of the local coffee shops > > that offer free wii but I need to know: > >

Re: wi-fi security?

2009-08-05 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In , Zachary Uram wrote: >2) How do I make my laptop more secure so others on wifi network can't >steal or sniff my packets? That depends on the security used by the network, which is not a choice you make when connecting to it, but rather a choice made by the entity that provides the network.

Re: wi-fi security?

2009-08-05 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 05 Aug 2009, Michael Ekstrand wrote: > > > > The easiest way is to use network-manager. If you click on the Icon > > in your toolbar it should show you the detected networks. You can use > > the "Create New Wireless Network..." or "Connect to Hidden Wireless > > Network..." to set up connecti

Re: wi-fi security?

2009-08-05 Thread Michael Ekstrand
Johann Spies wrote: > On Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 07:45:48AM -0400, Zachary Uram wrote: >> Got a new laptop and was wondering about wifi security. I've never >> used wifi before. I wanted to go to some of the local coffee shops >> that offer free wii but I need to know: >> >> 1) How do I setup wifi in

Re: wi-fi security?

2009-08-05 Thread Johann Spies
On Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 07:45:48AM -0400, Zachary Uram wrote: > Got a new laptop and was wondering about wifi security. I've never > used wifi before. I wanted to go to some of the local coffee shops > that offer free wii but I need to know: > > 1) How do I setup wifi in Linux? The easiest way is

Re: Wi-Fi in Inspiron 1720 - Help!

2008-07-29 Thread j t
On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 5:21 AM, Dennis Wicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have lenny running very good except for one big hangup. I can't get the > wireless card to work. It shows in lspci as a Broadcom BCM4310 USB > Controller. Disclaimer: I don't own and have never owned one of these cards...

Re: wi-fi - choice of hardware

2004-12-12 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Sun, Dec 12, 2004 at 12:54:30PM +, Richard Lyons wrote: > I second that. I am also wondering about getting a signal in two or > more hops up a valley about one kilometer in the Appennine alps. If you have a free line of sight, you could cover several km even with relatively crude aerials

Re: wi-fi - choice of hardware

2004-12-12 Thread Richard Lyons
On Thu, Dec 09, 2004 at 10:49:51AM +, Dave Howorth wrote: > Eugen Leitl wrote: > >This is getting a bit offtopic for the list, perhaps we should take it to > >private mail. > > Please keep it on the list. It's a very interesting thread. > I second that. I am also wondering about getting a sig

Re: wi-fi - choice of hardware

2004-12-09 Thread Dave Howorth
Eugen Leitl wrote: This is getting a bit offtopic for the list, perhaps we should take it to private mail. Please keep it on the list. It's a very interesting thread. Cheers, Dave -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: wi-fi - choice of hardware

2004-12-09 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Thu, Dec 09, 2004 at 09:52:06AM +0100, Conrad Newton wrote: > For the moment I am only interested in home use, but just to satisfy > my curiosity, could you describe an alternate setting where you have > used a different set of antennae? I haven't yet modified a Linksys box, only read other pe

Re: wi-fi - choice of hardware

2004-12-09 Thread Conrad Newton
>From Eugen Leitl on Wednesday, 2004-12-08 at 16:15:49 +0100: > On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 04:04:43PM +0100, Conrad Newton wrote: > > > > Linksys WRT54GS and Sveasoft firmware + fwbuilder. Don't diss Linksys: > > > their > > > firmware is pure crap, but the hardware (radios) is excellent (you'll nee

Re: wi-fi - choice of hardware

2004-12-08 Thread Richard Lyons
On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 10:44:11AM +, Chris Lale wrote: > On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 00:23, Richard Lyons wrote: [...] > > > > 3com Office Connect ADSL wireless 11g firewall router > > 3CRWE754G72-A-UK > > > > Belkin 54g wireless DSL/Cable gateway router > > F5D7230UK4 > > > > D

Re: wi-fi - choice of hardware

2004-12-08 Thread Conrad Newton
>From Eugen Leitl on Wednesday, 2004-12-08 at 09:26:41 +0100: > On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 04:33:36PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > > > The Netgear is indeed the one you want. I'll just about gauraunteed to > > be higher quality than Linksys for a couple dozen dollars cheaper. > > Linksys WRT54GS a

Re: wi-fi - choice of hardware

2004-12-08 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 04:04:43PM +0100, Conrad Newton wrote: > > Linksys WRT54GS and Sveasoft firmware + fwbuilder. Don't diss Linksys: their > > firmware is pure crap, but the hardware (radios) is excellent (you'll need > > better aerials than default ones though). > > I just got one of these,

Re: wi-fi - choice of hardware

2004-12-08 Thread Chris Lale
On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 00:23, Richard Lyons wrote: > Apologies if this subject has been overworked lately. There have been > several threads on wireless lan kit, but I am still hesitating... > > There are a number of combined adsl-modem/router/lan-switch boxes > around. Looking on one well known

Re: wi-fi - choice of hardware

2004-12-08 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 04:33:36PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > The Netgear is indeed the one you want. I'll just about gauraunteed to > be higher quality than Linksys for a couple dozen dollars cheaper. Linksys WRT54GS and Sveasoft firmware + fwbuilder. Don't diss Linksys: their firmware is pu

Re: wi-fi - choice of hardware

2004-12-07 Thread Paul Johnson
On Tuesday 07 December 2004 4:23 pm, Richard Lyons wrote: > The only ones that list (on that website at least) unix first and include > linux in the list of required OSs is the Netgear. That suggests that > the DG834G is the one to go for. But I am not the first to travel this > road, so I wou