Re: setting up wifi / interpreting errors
On Wed, 2 Nov 2005 11:22:12 -0500
Matt Price <moptop99@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have added the following stanza to my /etc/network/interfaces:
>
> iface ut-wifi inet dhcp
> wireless-mode managed
> wireless-essid UTORwin
> wireless-key s:UToronto1home
> wireless-keymode open
> wireless-channel 1
>
> (the last 2 lines were added when things were clearly not working, but
> didn't seem to change anthing...)
I'm not 100% sure, but I think all the wireless statements need an
underscore and if this is not a typo s:UToronto1home I think a colon is
not valid in a text key and a 128 bit key would be some combination of
13 letters and digits.
I am assuming whatever mapping you did from your actual device name to
ut-wifi is correct since I have not played around with these types of
configurations. Try the bare minimum:
iface ut-wifi inet dhcp
wireless_essid UTORwin
wireless_key1 UToronto1home
: This formatting works for me on my home configuration with 128 bit
encryption.
> 3. If this is your first UTORcwn connection, you will see the following text:
>
> Welcome to UTORcwn
>
> Your MAC Address '12:34:56:78:90:AB' is not registered
>
> Your MAC Address needs to be registered
>
> (Note: The values after MAC Address will be different with your
> wireless card.)
>
> If this is not your first UTORcwn connection or you see a screen
> requesting only a password, enter your UTORdial password to connect to
> UTORcwn.
>
> 4. Click the Go and Register your address button.
From this description I would guess that after the wireless connecton
is made you are passed to a gateway and it is with the gateway that
you have to register your MAC address with. So this is not something
that should prevent you from seeing a successful wireless connection.
Later, Seeker
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