Re: Some questions about seting up wireless network between linuxand vista ;

[owens@netptc.net]

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>From: ml@well-adjusted.de
>To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>Subject: Re: Some questions about seting up wireless network between
>linuxand vista ;
>Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 11:17:28 +0200
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>>a dehqan:
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>>> In The Name Of God
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>>Which one? :)
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>>> ifconfig wlan0 down
>>> /etc/dbus-1/event.d/25NetworkManager stop
>>> iwconfig wlan0 mode ad-hoc
>>> iwconfig wlan0 channel 6
>>> iwconfig wlan0 essid allah
>>> iwconfig wlan0 key 12346
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>>The latter enables WEP encryption. WEP is better than nothing, but
>>offers no real protection.
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>>> This command set a key ,what is it encryption type ?WEP ?
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>>Yes.
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>>> 2-On other side(vista),what type of athentication should be set ?
>no
>>> athentication ? shared ? WAP2-personal ?
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>>All wifi station *must* use the same encryption settings. Otherwise,
>>they cannot talk to each other.
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>>> 3-With which command ,will linux connect to the network that vista
>is
>>> waiting in it ?
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>>That depends on how you set up Vista. Generally, you need the same
>>settings on both sides.
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>>> 4-Should encryption type on each side be similar ?
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>>Yes. (Or no: it is not that they should be similar, they *must* be
>>*equal*.)
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>>> 5- With wifi-radar linux connects but it does not show any shared
>>> folder of vista just there is a icon with the name of vista
>computer .
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>>I do not know what wifi-radar is but it sounds like you try to look
>for
>>a network share with an inappropriate tool.
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>>> 6- Can network be setup without any encryption and security types
>?
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>>Yes.
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>>J.
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>>When driving at night I find the headlights of oncoming vehicles
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>>attractive.
>>[Agree]   [Disagree]
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If this is your first wi net experience I would recommend you install
the network first with no encryption and once it is operational add
the WPA
Larry