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Re: wireless card



On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 08:38:08AM -0400, Cavan Mejias wrote:
> Just be aware that bcm43xx is a hit or miss affair; my Broadcom 4318
> worked with bcm43xx with kernel 2.6.18 but not with 2.6.20, and never
> with WEP. There are various other reports of trouble with bcm43xx; YMMV
> is particularly true here.
the openwrt people have been having great trouble with 2.6 and broadcom chips

> 
> Thanks Ill try your suggestion in a while. Im writing this in windows, i
> need to reboot. I saw the above somewhere and  now Im worried!
>                 Cavan
> 
> On 8/9/07, Dean Hamstead <dean@fragfest.com.au> wrote:
> >
> >
> > whats the contents of /etc/network/interfaces?
> >
> > by default the wireless keys are hex, to use a string you need to put
> > s:xxxxxxx
> > where xxxx is the pass-string
> >
> >
> >
> > Dean
> >
> > On Thu, 9 Aug 2007 08:23:04 -0400, "Cavan Mejias" <cavanmejias@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >                        Hey everybody, I'm trying to connect to a WEP
> > > hotspot. I have the password, I know its correct (windows computers
> > > connect
> > > fine) and the network is coming up in network manager but it seems the
> > > password is not accepted and I keep getting prompted for the password
> > > (sorry
> > > for the repetition). Are  there any configuration changes I can make?
> > Any
> > > additional  info just ask.
> > >        Cavan
> >
> >

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