Re: [Hampshire] eeePC 900 WiFi problem

alan c wrote:
>
> The forums have a lot of comments that in some networks there is no
> problem, yet in others there is. There seems to be poor error checking
> and handling, in the GUI - which I am using - of passwords/phrases. In
> fact on some occasions this morning there was a log message including
> that the password coffeeshop (ok, you know it now) was an invalid
> length or in another situation something like unsupported wireless
> key. However, the key was typed correctly, and there was another
> punter next to me using it ok. And the shop assistant offered to type
> it in herself, just to be sure :-) sweet. Perhaps I just look daft.
>
> I was interested to see that as I typed the key text in character by
> character, at one stage a particular key format was recognised. This
> was at the stage of having typed
> coffe
> and it was recognised as a type
> WEP64 bit in ASCII format
> but as I then continued to type the subsequent characters, no format
> was recognised. I do not know how this information might fit in with
> the problems I and others seem to be finding.
>
> The wireless card itself works I guess because mine shows nearby
> networks ok and is reported to have no problems in non encrypted
> conditions by others.
>
> I do not use wireless at home, hence my lack of experience about
> stuff. I expect to use the eeepc in the wlid, or in cafes and
> hotspots, at least.... so to find it does not work in Waterstones
> bookshop cafe in bracknell is a bummer. I have not tried muckdonalds
> yet, nor any paid for spots. Other 'hotspots' I have used on campsites
> etc get a connection configured by using a browser at ffirst, then a
> key. I suppose that the local router is open and the encryption is
> beyond that maybe.
Checking my network connections I have recently connected to 4 different
wireless access points using WEP with eeePC. No problems other than
typing in long keys in hex.