Re: [Hampshire] No WPA2 option in Jaunty

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Author: Chris Dennis
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] No WPA2 option in Jaunty
Rob Malpass wrote:
> Hi all
>
> Totally fed up with Windows on my laptop (Toshiba Tecra so quite old)
> I've just installed Jaunty. Very impressed with it booting properly,
> picking up sound, screen res and even my wireless card. It can see
> several wireless networks including my own but sadly it's fallen at the
> final hurdle.
>
> My wireless lan uses WPA2 and there's no such option in network manager
> - only wep and something called LEAP which I've never heard of. I've
> tried them all and no surprise - no dice.. Sorry if this is a bit old
> - but anyone know a workaround. My install disk was a LXF coverDVD so
> presumably has the full package list on it.
>
> Cheers
> Rob
>


Have you toyed with wpa_supplicant?

There appears to be a GUI for it at http://packages.ubunut.com/jaunty/wpagui

If network-manager isn't working, you could try Wicd
(http://wicd.sourceforge.net/), which I prefer.

cheers

Chris

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Chris Dennis                                  cgdennis@???
Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK