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Cannot connect Ubuntu 10.4 netbook via WEP 40

Asked by Bob Calco

I recently installed Ubuntu 10.4 netbook edition on my wife's Lenovo ideapad. I installed the recommended proprietary Broadcom STA driver but it has not helped with the problem.

The issue seems to be that my router needs a WEP 40/128-bit pass phrase, but when I select that from the list in the Create New Connection dialog, the "Create" button for the new network connection is disabled. Every other kind of encryption allows me to click the "Create" button except the WEP 40/128-bit, which is what it seems my router needs.

I have no problem with any other device connecting to my router.

Does anyone else know the secret to getting wifi to work on a Lenovo IdeaPad using Ubuntu netbook edition? My router by the way is a Netgear Sky wireless router.

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wojox (wojox) said : 		#1

Is your paraphrase 10 letters/numbers?

Your setting this up through Network Connections -> Wireless -> Add?

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Bob Calco (bobcalco) said : 		#2

No, it's 8 letters as listed on the underbelly of the device. Yes, I am using Network Connections -> Wireless -> Add applet to configure the connection.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Try using a wired connection and running:

sudo apt-get install wicd; sudo apt-get --purge remove network-manager network-manager-gnome

Then reboot. Try using wicd which will start on login :)

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Bob Calco (bobcalco) said : 		#4

I did as you suggested, actionparsnip, and wicd installed fine, network-manager uninstalled fine, and the computer rebooted fine. Unfortunately, wicd doesn't see my router at all and doesn't find it when I put it's SSID in either.

I'm really confounded by this. It must be a driver issue, but even so: I installed the recommended Broadcom STA driver, and still, it doesn't find my router. And I'd like to stress, no other device or laptop (even running, ahem, Windows) has had any difficulty getting connected on this router.

I'm going to have to look at the IBM website I guess. Maybe they have a linux driver I can install.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

Use the wired connection to get fully updated. It should help.

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