Re: NM not working with zoom adsl modem/router

[Ryan Novosielski <novosirj umdnj edu>]

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Dan Williams wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-08-22 at 14:28 -0400, tom Mort wrote:
>> I have just acquired a new lenovo laptop with an intel wireless pro b g
>> wireless card.  I am running Fedora 9 and have installed the latest
>> Network Manager updates.
>>
>> I can connect to various public wifi hotspots with no problem, however,
>> when I try to connect to my home network I cannot connect.  This is the
>> case both with encryption turned on as well as off.  NM gets as far as
>> two green lights with the trail swirling around them,  but, never
>> connects.
> 
> That means it's been able to associate but isn't getting any response to
> DHCP.  Can you double-check that the router is set up for DHCP and that
> you've got the right key?  Be sure that if you're using WEP, that you
> are using the right key type too; sometimes it's a passphrase (most
> vendors allow passphrases) but there are also "hex" keys too.  Don't use
> a hex key as a passphrase or it won't work.
> 
> Failing to do DHCP with WEP means that either (1) there's a kernel bug,
> (2) you have the wrong WEP key, or (3) you've chosen the wrong WEP key
> type when you were asked for the key.

I find the most common mistake is selecting "passphrase" when you really
meant ASCII.

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