[PLUG] wireless issue/was on printer malfunction

Bruce KIlpatrick bakilpatrick at verizon.net
Wed Oct 31 23:54:55 UTC 2007


drew wymore wrote:
> On 10/31/07, Bruce KIlpatrick <bakilpatrick at verizon.net> wrote:
>   
>> kurt braget wrote:
>>     
>>> Hey, this is the first message I've ever left on PLUG, I was just
>>>       
>> waiting
>>     
>>> for the right subject to come in on.... Anyways, thanks for letting me
>>> eavesdrop.
>>>
>>> I installed feisty on my hp tx 1000, the wireless didn't, and I found a
>>> thread on the Ubuntu forums that worked for me. Apparently you can just
>>> install the dell drivers. Here's a link with more info:
>>> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=434946&highlight=bcm4310
>>>
>>> Took me about a half hour, but worked like a charm. Hope that helps.
>>>
>>> kurt
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>> Thank you Kurt.
>>
>> I have seen this before.  I have upgraded to Gutsy which supports the
>> Broadcoms.  My problem is with signing on to my wireless network.  For
>> some reason the router won't accept the WEP from this machine/distro...I
>> think.
>>
>> Bruce
>>     
>
>
> Dumb question Bruce but have you appended 0x to the WEP key when you're
> entering it?  I got  caught by that using Fedora's network setup widget once
> and was perplexed by why the key wasn't being accepted by the router.
>
> Drew-
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>   
That's not a dumb question...is that zero x or oh x?
Are we confused yet?
Why do we need to append anything to the WEP...I am only using 64 bit at 
this point, also.



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