Wireless network problems - Dell Inspiron 1501

[Joseph Loo]

On Thu, 2008-01-10 at 08:53 -0600, Frank Cox wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 13:30:36 +0000
> Timothy Murphy <gayleard at eircom.net> wrote:
> 
> > Do you have correct entries in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 ?
> > (Or whatever interface you are using in place of eth0.)
> > Eg "ONBOOT=yes" and "ESSID=...".
> > 
> > Also perhaps "alias eth0 <driver>" in /etc/modprobe.conf .
> > Then try "service network restart" (as root).
> 
> Thank you for your reply.  I have indeed been down that road (several times)
> and ultimately have concluded that the problem is that the wireless driver
> doesn't appear to support WEP/WEP2 security, at least not the way that I have
> it set up.  By setting the security to "disabled" on my router, I can make that
> wireless card work.
> 
> Needless to say, I'm not really wild about that as a solution, so am still
> searching for a better way to do things.
> 
> (It's not my laptop.  My intention is to set up this laptop and then set up a
> wireless router for this client, then give him the whole shebang as a turnkey
> setup that "just works".
> 
> -- 
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> 
Are you using a Belkin router?

I had a similar problem with this router using a password that included
a "@". I can connect to other routers with no problem.
-- 
Joseph Loo
jloo at acm.org