Can anybody please help ?
Just been given dinky little laptop ASUS EEE PC 4G , which has Linux installed rather than XP .
If the local Wireless I/net is unencrypted , it works a treat , but if encrypted I cannot get connected even with correct Key entered .It goes to 'Pending' and stays that way.
Only thing I have noticed is that it only asks for key once , whereas XP usually asks for key twice.
Handbook gives instruction for converting to XP with M/soft disc etc - is this the only way out ?
Thanks.

These links may help you (or not)
LinuxPlanet - Tutorials - Linux Wi-Fi Works With wicd - wicd Linux Wireless (http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/tutorials/6527/1/)

Linux Security for Beginners - Wireless Security on Linux (http://www.linuxtopia.org/LinuxSecurity/LinuxSecurity_Wireless_Configuration_Linux.html)


Wireless Tools for Linux (http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html)

Thanks green granite , the first one looks good , and I will hand it over to my computer wizz son when I get to UK on Thursday .

Posting from memory as I don't have my dinky little unit at hand, but right click on the connections icon (bottom right, looks vaguely like two computer screens if not connected, or shows a green power meter kind of thing if connected), then click on "connections" something or other (edit connections?), go Refresh if needed, then click on your desired connection and go Connect. The net result of this is that it should bring up the password input dialog--if you already know how to get to that, then do it the way you're used to.

Once you've got the password dialogue, it's really easy, all you do is type in your password. If you've typed it in correctly, then below your password input box you should see a message saying something like "valid WEP password entered" or some such, if you don't get anything, then change the encryption type option from the selection list (I only have two options, it's either one or the other)... that should bring up the aforementioned message if you've selected the right encryption type. Then you accept the dialogue and wait for it to connect. Click on "Details >>" to see if it's doing anything if it takes a long time.

HTH. I'll try to update a bit latter when I have access to my unit.

One tip - I find it useful to have the key on a USB stick, so I can copy and paste it rather than (mis)typing it!

Given that the connection works when no encryption is used, I wonder if the problem is to do with a mismatch between what the Wireless Access Point (WAP) is configured with, and what the EEE is set up for - e.g. WEP vs. WPA or WPA2.

To state the obvious, the client must have the correct settings for authentication type (WEP / WPA), the encryption type (AES or TKIP) and key provision (Open or Shared for WEP, WPA or WPA-PSK - pre-shared key - for WPA) to match the WAP settings.

Also a common problem is that some WAPs can be set up with a password that generates the WEP / WPA key, but you have to put the key into the client, not the password - if you see what I mean.

SD