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    Wireless connection not working...

    Help! If I start my laptop into Ubuntu and then try to connect, it takes either a long time or refuses the key, even if I type it right. Yet I can connect perfectly in Windows 6.0 (vista) no matter where I am! To get my connection fixed in Ubuntu, I have to go in the same room as the router is, then reboot. It's very annoying. And I know for a fact the wireless switch is on. I am using Ubuntu 8.04.1 (its the one with gnome) and I am using a HP Pavillion dv9000 C-T-O laptop.

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    Re: Wireless connection not working...

    I have a dell laptop where wireless is neither started automatically nor congifurable by any of the gui-tools (they work for a long time and then pretend to have connected...but no dhcp lease, only a weird 169.254.X.X IP generated by avahi-daemon, of course not working). I start it manually in the console:
    Code:
    sudo iwconfig ath0 essid NAME_OF_NET key s:WEP_ASCII_KEY_HERE
    sudo dhclient ath0
    p.s.:your card may not be referred to as 'ath0', if you are unsure what to put there do
    Code:
    sudo ifconfig
    and look for it (or post output here)
    Last edited by whizbaby; October 2nd, 2008 at 06:38 PM. Reason: ps'ing

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    Re: Wireless connection not working...

    Thank you! That seemed to solve the problem!

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