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Re: IPW3945 With Etch



Ananda Samaddar wrote:
On Monday 25 June 2007 19:14, Tom Grove wrote:
It seems as though I am able to install the modules via module-assistant
and I receive an eth1 with wireless properties.  The problem is that no
matter what I set my AP to I can't connect to it.  I typically just run
with WEP but regardless or whether or not I am using WEP/WPA/Nothing I
can not connect to the AP with this card.  Any ideas or help is much
appreciated.  Thanks.

-Tom

Make sure the firmware-ipw3945 and ipw3945d packages are installed as well. If you use GNOME then install network-manager-gnome. This is the easiest way to connect and should work. There is a document on the Ubuntu wiki (!) that works in Debian as well:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WPAHowTo

I would use WPA if I were you, WEP is broken and easily cracked. Hope this helps,

Ananda


I was able to get it working but only after enabling SSID broadcasting on the AP. This is odd but it works. I wonder why this is?

-Tom



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