Is there SOMETHING WRONG with Linux and 10 digit wep keys?

I've switched from pppoe to dhcp, nothing.

I've done everything I know to connect linux, nothing.

YET WINDOWS XP, VISTA, MAC OSX... you name, and it can connect to my network... except linux.

I'm tired of this. Does it have a PROBLEM with 10 digit codes or something? Do I need to compromise my network and not enter a code AT ALL (in which case, linux will go in the trash) in order for it to run?

 

Dude... you CAN'T switch from PPPoE to DHCP. They're two completely separate things. PPPoE is a way to authenticate an account over ethernet, and DHCP is a way to automatically get an IP address from a network.

How are you trying to get this working? Are you using the network manager? Did you install Ubuntu from scratch? What are you doing to configure PPPoE, and DHCP? As it's installed, it should all just work, so if you change something, you may have broken the configuration, like installing the wrong driver for a network card under Windows and expecting it to work.

Rather than just complaining, give some information, and you might get some help. We like helping, but random whining and vague posts are not the best way to get people to want to help you.

 

Love the guide... just brilliant. That should be a sticky on pretty much every forum if you ask me.

 

WOW@ How To Ask Questions The Smart Way

I didn't know you had to study a manual long enough to need a table of contents to ask a question. LOL

 

I had this issue in the last 6.xx version of Ubuntu I tried. The solution involved playing around on the command line with iwconfig until I got it to work... I don't really remember what I did. I think it had to do with an open vs shared setting somewhere. The default Network Manager didn't have enough options to let me fix it from the GUI. As a former Gentoo user, I took it as a personal challenge to get it working.

So no, it doesn't always "just work". I can reproduce the issue the next time I am at home if there is someone who needs to have it flagged as a bug.

Really, WEP is depreciated anyway. It can be attacked and the key generated in minutes now, even 128-bit WEP. You should use WPA2 for wireless security if possible. I can't use it at my current residence because we are sharing the internet bill/internet with the guys next door, and one of them has an old Wireless-B card that only supports WEP.

 

Hey Zellio, try a differ wireless app. From the Add/remove programs.

Maybe the KDE version of a wireless config app might work better for you rather than the default.