I have a Belkin 54g PC card, and it is connected to a Netgear WGR614v7 using WEP. I have SSID broadcast OFF, and the key is 128bit Hex.
I'm using WEP for now, as I have another notebook with a wireless B card. In time I'll find another great deal on a G card, and go to WPA-PSK.
Until then, I'm using WEP, and securing it as best I can. I start the notebook (or after it wakes from hibernate) and then have to enter the network manager > connect to other wireless manager. I enter the information, and connect. Can I save this information in some way, and streamline the process. I'd like to keep things simple, as I take this notebook to other locations, and do not want to complicate things going forward.
Here is iwconfig
Code:
iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"STATIONID"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.427 GHz Access Point: 00:1B:2F:55:C0:32
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power:32 dBm
RTS thr=2347 B Fragment thr=2346 B
Power Management:off
Link Quality:48/100 Signal level:-65 dBm Noise level:-96 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
Iwlist scan:
Code:
iwlist scan
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.
eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:1B:2F:55:C0:32
ESSID:"STATIONID"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
Mode:Managed
Frequency:2.427 GHz (Channel 4)
Quality:51/100 Signal level:-63 dBm Noise level:-96 dBm
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
11 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=100
Extra:atim=0
Finally, my network interface config:
Code:
sudo gedit /etc/network/interfaces
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
I've read some posts in this thread, and I'm looking for some help to alter my config, so that I can connect to my home wireless with as few steps as possible.
Thanks.
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