Re: Wireless Encryption (was Re: NetworkManager Cannot Connect to Wireless Network)

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 07/11/2010 06:11 AM, John Frankish wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ron Johnson [mailto:ron.l.johnson@cox.net]
> > Sent: Sunday, 11 July, 2010 14:04
> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> > Subject: Re: Wireless Encryption (was Re: NetworkManager Cannot Connect
> > to Wireless Network)
> >
> > On 07/10/2010 11:12 PM, John Frankish wrote:
> > >
> > [snip]
> > > > According to the IEEE, WEP-40 and WEP-104 "have been deprecated as
> > > > they fail to meet their security goals".
> > > >
> > > > You should instead use WPA2-AES or, if that is not possible, WPA2-PSK.
> > > Thanks for the suggestion, but my old router does not support either of these
> > > encryption formats
> >
> > Then either upgrade your router's firmware to Tomato or DD-WRT (if
> > they support your router) or bite the bullet and buy a new one.
> >
> > You can get really good ones mail order for US$55-60.
> Well OK, but this still does not solve the issue of why NetworkManager will not
> Connect to the router :)

True enough, but there's a reason it's called Network Mangler...

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