Jim Kissel wrote:
> 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.
>
As a big fan of my 701 I assume when you say you have checked the forums
you mean
www.eeeuser.com also check the wiki great community there.
Anyway just a few links worth a look at
http://wiki.eeeuser.com/howto:wpawithspaces
and
http://wiki.eeeuser.com/wpa_default_xandros
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Aaron West
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