Timothy Daniels schreef:
> In setting up my wireless router to connect with WinXP, Vista, and
> Ubuntu 7.10, I had to use WPA (not WPA2) in order to connect to
> Ubuntu. Is this still the case with Ubuntu 8.10, or is WPA2 now
> included?
>
> *TimDaniels*
>
>
I have used WPA2 with 7.10 and 8.04 but I had to install wicd as network
manager to get it going.

Timothy Daniels wrote:
> In setting up my wireless router to connect with WinXP, Vista, and
> Ubuntu 7.10, I had to use WPA (not WPA2) in order to connect to
> Ubuntu. Is this still the case with Ubuntu 8.10, or is WPA2 now
> included?
>
> *TimDaniels*


Is WPA2 available and usable on your LiveCD copy of Ubuntu 8.10?


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On Thu, 06 Nov 2008 08:23:36 +0100, Dirk T. Verbeek wrote:
>Timothy Daniels schreef:
>> In setting up my wireless router to connect with WinXP, Vista, and
>> Ubuntu 7.10, I had to use WPA (not WPA2) in order to connect to
>> Ubuntu. Is this still the case with Ubuntu 8.10, or is WPA2 now
>> included?
>>
>> *TimDaniels*
>>
>>
>I have used WPA2 with 7.10 and 8.04 but I had to install wicd as network
>manager to get it going.

I tried wicd and still couldn't get wep or wap working. I gave up and
reverted to ubuntu 8.0.4.

"John F. Morse" wrote:
> Timothy Daniels wrote:
>> In setting up my wireless router to connect with WinXP, Vista, and
>> Ubuntu 7.10, I had to use WPA (not WPA2) in order to connect to
>> Ubuntu. Is this still the case with Ubuntu 8.10, or is WPA2 now
>> included?
>>
>> *TimDaniels*
>
>
> Is WPA2 available and usable on your LiveCD copy of Ubuntu 8.10?


I don't have the LiveCD. I posted the question because I'm
severely time-constrained. I'd transition to 8.10 if I could get WPA2
encryption or if Bluetooth connections could be made without resorting
to "sudo hidd --server --search" on the command line terminal.
But otherwise, if it ain't broke, I won't fix it.

*TimDaniels*

"Dirk T. Verbeek" wrote:
> Timothy Daniels schreef:
>> In setting up my wireless router to connect with WinXP, Vista, and
>> Ubuntu 7.10, I had to use WPA (not WPA2) in order to connect to
>> Ubuntu. Is this still the case with Ubuntu 8.10, or is WPA2 now
>> included?
>>
>> *TimDaniels*
> I have used WPA2 with 7.10 and 8.04 but I had to install wicd as network
> manager to get it going.

That you were able to get WPA2 is encouraging.
Were there any special "tweaks" necessary for you to successfully install
and setup wicd?

*TimDaniels*

Timothy Daniels schreef:
> "Dirk T. Verbeek" wrote:
>> Timothy Daniels schreef:
>>> In setting up my wireless router to connect with WinXP, Vista, and
>>> Ubuntu 7.10, I had to use WPA (not WPA2) in order to connect to
>>> Ubuntu. Is this still the case with Ubuntu 8.10, or is WPA2 now
>>> included?
>>>
>>> *TimDaniels*
>> I have used WPA2 with 7.10 and 8.04 but I had to install wicd as network
>> manager to get it going.
>
> That you were able to get WPA2 is encouraging.
> Were there any special "tweaks" necessary for you to successfully install
> and setup wicd?
>
> *TimDaniels*
>
>
No, I first tried with the standard network manager of Kubuntu, I could
get a connection but it was never stable.

After a tip in this group I installed wicd and am very happy.

I do have wpasupplicant installed but I think it's part of the standard
install, could be wrong.

wicd uses by default wext as wpa supplicant for the build in Intel
Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965.

madwifi is used on a high power Ubiquity pmcia card I have .

Timothy Daniels wrote:
> In setting up my wireless router to connect with WinXP, Vista, and
> Ubuntu 7.10, I had to use WPA (not WPA2) in order to connect to
> Ubuntu. Is this still the case with Ubuntu 8.10, or is WPA2 now
> included?
>
> *TimDaniels*
>
>
Well I've posted this from a laptop with a Broadcom chipset connected to
a Netgear router using WPA2 - AES.

So, yeah it works.


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"Conor" wrote:
> Timothy Daniels wrote:
>> In setting up my wireless router to connect with WinXP, Vista, and
>> Ubuntu 7.10, I had to use WPA (not WPA2) in order to connect to
>> Ubuntu. Is this still the case with Ubuntu 8.10, or is WPA2 now
>> included?
>>
>> *TimDaniels*
> Well I've posted this from a laptop with a Broadcom chipset connected to a
> Netgear router using WPA2 - AES.
>
> So, yeah it works.
>
> --
> Conor

I'm glad to hear you have success using a Broadcom chipset, as my
laptop has a Broadcom wireless chipset also.
Is your laptop running Ubuntu 8.10, and did you have to use wicd to
get WPA2-AES to work?

*TimDaniels*

On 2008-11-06, Timothy Daniels wrote:
> "John F. Morse" wrote:
>> Timothy Daniels wrote:
>>> In setting up my wireless router to connect with WinXP, Vista, and
>>> Ubuntu 7.10, I had to use WPA (not WPA2) in order to connect to
>>> Ubuntu. Is this still the case with Ubuntu 8.10, or is WPA2 now
>>> included?
>>>
>>> *TimDaniels*
>>
>>
>> Is WPA2 available and usable on your LiveCD copy of Ubuntu 8.10?
>
>
> I don't have the LiveCD. I posted the question because I'm
> severely time-constrained. I'd transition to 8.10 if I could get WPA2
> encryption or if Bluetooth connections could be made without resorting
> to "sudo hidd --server --search" on the command line terminal.
> But otherwise, if it ain't broke, I won't fix it.

For bluetooth, try blueman. It does a MUCH better job of utilizing
bluetooth devices from a gui. I had a bitch of a time getting
bluetooth headphones working on Gutsy using the standard bluetooth
utilities. When I installed blueman, they were up and running in
minutes.


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"Joe" wrote:
> Timothy Daniels wrote:
>> "John F. Morse" wrote:
>>> Timothy Daniels wrote:
>>>> In setting up my wireless router to connect with WinXP, Vista, and
>>>> Ubuntu 7.10, I had to use WPA (not WPA2) in order to connect to
>>>> Ubuntu. Is this still the case with Ubuntu 8.10, or is WPA2 now
>>>> included?
>>>>
>>>> *TimDaniels*
>>>
>>>
>>> Is WPA2 available and usable on your LiveCD copy of Ubuntu 8.10?
>>
>>
>> I don't have the LiveCD. I posted the question because I'm
>> severely time-constrained. I'd transition to 8.10 if I could get WPA2
>> encryption or if Bluetooth connections could be made without resorting
>> to "sudo hidd --server --search" on the command line terminal.
>> But otherwise, if it ain't broke, I won't fix it.
>
> For bluetooth, try blueman. It does a MUCH better job of utilizing
> bluetooth devices from a gui. I had a bitch of a time getting
> bluetooth headphones working on Gutsy using the standard bluetooth
> utilities. When I installed blueman, they were up and running in
> minutes.

Thanks for the tip.

*TimDaniels*

Timothy Daniels wrote:
> I'm glad to hear you have success using a Broadcom chipset, as my
> laptop has a Broadcom wireless chipset also.
> Is your laptop running Ubuntu 8.10, and did you have to use wicd to
> get WPA2-AES to work?
>
Running 8.10 and the default installed network-manager. No wicd here.
They've really sorted it. I plugged in my "3" USB dongle. It recognised
it and went off to get the drivers. It then ran a configuration wizard
and asked for the country I was in and then what mobile network. Compare
that to previous efforts which involved using an app someone wrote for
Vodafone and also having to disable USB automount.


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"Conor" wrote:
> Timothy Daniels wrote:
>> I'm glad to hear you have success using a Broadcom chipset, as my
>> laptop has a Broadcom wireless chipset also.
>> Is your laptop running Ubuntu 8.10, and did you have to use wicd to
>> get WPA2-AES to work?
>>
> Running 8.10 and the default installed network-manager. No wicd here. They've
> really sorted it. I plugged in my "3" USB dongle. It recognised it and went
> off to get the drivers. It then ran a configuration wizard and asked for the
> country I was in and then what mobile network. Compare that to previous
> efforts which involved using an app someone wrote for Vodafone and also having
> to disable USB automount.


That sounds good. I live in a densely populated apartment/condo area,
and I'm a little uneasy with just WPA. I've read good things about wicd,
but I like to keep my installations as default and generic as possible.

*TimDaniels*

>>>>> "TD" == Timothy Daniels writes:

TD> In setting up my wireless router to connect with WinXP, Vista,
TD> and Ubuntu 7.10, I had to use WPA (not WPA2) in order to
TD> connect to Ubuntu. Is this still the case with Ubuntu 8.10,
TD> or is WPA2 now included?

I just installed XUbuntu 8.10 on an old Compaq Presario (clean
install, no dual boot) with a TP-Link cardbus wireless (atheros
chipset). Now using WPA2 with the default network manager, but flakey:
the password field is always replaced with a long string that might be
the passkey or who knows what. There are a couple of threads about it
on the ubuntu forums I'll pursue.

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