I've branched this info so it will be easier to find.
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Originally Posted by waterhead 
Access point hardware, whether being a wireless enabled router or a dedicated access point (AP), is operating system neutral. Windows 7 should have nothing to do with it. You can usually access the settings page through a web browser, such as Firefox. You will need to know the IP address of the AP/router first.
The encryption methods are usually limited by the wireless hardware. Wireless-B devices are only capable of WEP. Wireless-G devices can use WPA and WEP. Newer wireless-N devices can use all of the others plus AES encryption.
Access point hardware, whether being a wireless enabled router or a dedicated access point (AP), is operating system neutral. Windows 7 should have nothing to do with it. You can usually access the settings page through a web browser, such as Firefox. You will need to know the IP address of the AP/router first.
The encryption methods are usually limited by the wireless hardware. Wireless-B devices are only capable of WEP. Wireless-G devices can use WPA and WEP. Newer wireless-N devices can use all of the others plus AES encryption.
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Originally Posted by mythmaster
You can hardware-reset the router and set it up again through a browser from wherever so you will know exactly what you've got. There should be a little button on the back of it for this -- you'll need a paper clip or something to do it.
You can hardware-reset the router and set it up again through a browser from wherever so you will know exactly what you've got. There should be a little button on the back of it for this -- you'll need a paper clip or something to do it.
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Originally Posted by Rgb
In order to reduce all the variables (and there are a LOT with wireless), I suggest resetting your router (mentioned earlier) and then go into the routers setup page via a browser with a wired Ethernet connection.
Set the router to broadcast the SSID and use WPA-PSK, not WPA2 for now. You can always change modes once you get a good successful connection.
My Trendnet B/G/N router has a combined WPA/WPA2 mode, which appeared to work best with my Ubuntu 9.04 load.
Use a simple 8-12 character password to start. Be sure MAC address filtering is disabled in the router.
Reboot your Ubuntu machine and see if the networking systray applet picks up the wireless network, select it from the systray dropdown.
When Ubuntu pops up the "Keyring" password dialog the first time you try to connect to a wireless router, the "Keyring" password is the current user account password, NOT the router's WEP/WPA password!
Yes, this is poor user interface deisgn on Ubuntu's part (or whatever upstream project handles this dialog)- the dialog should explain what the "keyring" password is!
Too often, I've seen people use too aggressive security from the get go, before ever successfully connecting to their wireless network.
The idea is to get a successful, stable connection, and then slowly add extra security one piece at a time, if needed/desired, such as turning off SSID broadcast, going to WPA2-PSK, MAC filtering, etc.
Yes, you need to go into the router's setup page to change the security every step, and probably reboot the PC evry time you do this.
You may want to try disabling ALL security (no WEP/WPA/WPA2) temporarily just to get a successful connection, then add security one layer at a time.
In order to reduce all the variables (and there are a LOT with wireless), I suggest resetting your router (mentioned earlier) and then go into the routers setup page via a browser with a wired Ethernet connection.
Set the router to broadcast the SSID and use WPA-PSK, not WPA2 for now. You can always change modes once you get a good successful connection.
My Trendnet B/G/N router has a combined WPA/WPA2 mode, which appeared to work best with my Ubuntu 9.04 load.
Use a simple 8-12 character password to start. Be sure MAC address filtering is disabled in the router.
Reboot your Ubuntu machine and see if the networking systray applet picks up the wireless network, select it from the systray dropdown.
When Ubuntu pops up the "Keyring" password dialog the first time you try to connect to a wireless router, the "Keyring" password is the current user account password, NOT the router's WEP/WPA password!
Yes, this is poor user interface deisgn on Ubuntu's part (or whatever upstream project handles this dialog)- the dialog should explain what the "keyring" password is!
Too often, I've seen people use too aggressive security from the get go, before ever successfully connecting to their wireless network.
The idea is to get a successful, stable connection, and then slowly add extra security one piece at a time, if needed/desired, such as turning off SSID broadcast, going to WPA2-PSK, MAC filtering, etc.
Yes, you need to go into the router's setup page to change the security every step, and probably reboot the PC evry time you do this.
You may want to try disabling ALL security (no WEP/WPA/WPA2) temporarily just to get a successful connection, then add security one layer at a time.
