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08-10-2007, 05:20 PM
My laptop crashed and I could not run the Windows XP setup CD (it hangs when booting). So basically my only option left is to boot Knoppix from dvd and try to salvage my files. So I do that and I can see all my files on the hard drive but I cannot do anything with it. I have no USB flash driver here, and the only network available is a secured wireless network. I have been desperately trying to connect to it but being a complete linux newbie let alone a knoppix newbie I am just getting frustration
I am trying to use this Kwlan utility but it's so confusing. I am really just fumbling around. I think I have to activate this WPA Supplicant thing but it gives me this big list of interfaces to choose... I have no idea what to pick so I'm just picking one at random. Then it pops up with something which appears to be an error message. I dont recall what it is and cant bring it up right now because this Kwlan program froze up and now I cant run it anymore.
I just know my wireless card is the Intel 2200bg and the secured network is WEP encrypted. Is there an easier way to do this than deal with this bug ridden Kwlan program which keeps crashing?
ps in case someone is going to mention it I already looked in the Network FAQ and it offers no help. Chip's entry is un-doable because my laptop crashed so I cant boot windows to see what drivers were being used.
Is there some data saved by Kwlan somewhere? I am guessing it saved some bad data and is trying to load it when I try running it, which is why it keeps failing to launch (it shows the little animated icon bouncing as it loads then it just goes away) I would like to try and clear this possible saved data thinking maybe then it can launch properly
edit: ok i just found out the kwlan thing left a bunch of defunct processes and i learned how to find them and kill them which allowed me to run the program again. the message it gives me when i choose an interface and click Start it says "Could not find network in wpa_supplicant configuration". I am going down the list and each interface seems to give me this error
edit2:
I found an interface which seems to work because it did not spit an error at me. I think it was called atwin? but now, how does this thing work? in windows i would scan, click on my network, enter in the password/key in a single field and that was it. here there are so many options and settings i dont know what to use.
in the scan result my network has the flag [WEP] so i choose plaintext with WEP and the only fields not greyed out are 4 key fields on the right. what is that? i put the key i used in windows on the first line and tried it but in the event log I keep seeing "Trying to associate with (some max address) (SSID= ... freq= ... )"
followed by
"Authentication with 00:00:00:00:00:00 timed out."
over and over again
why is it timing out? I tried the IEEE authentication but now it has like 10 fields i can fill in and i have no idea where to fill in my key and what to put in all the other fields. So i just put it in the password field and tried it but i get same result as above.
ugh this is hopeless
I am trying to use this Kwlan utility but it's so confusing. I am really just fumbling around. I think I have to activate this WPA Supplicant thing but it gives me this big list of interfaces to choose... I have no idea what to pick so I'm just picking one at random. Then it pops up with something which appears to be an error message. I dont recall what it is and cant bring it up right now because this Kwlan program froze up and now I cant run it anymore.
I just know my wireless card is the Intel 2200bg and the secured network is WEP encrypted. Is there an easier way to do this than deal with this bug ridden Kwlan program which keeps crashing?
ps in case someone is going to mention it I already looked in the Network FAQ and it offers no help. Chip's entry is un-doable because my laptop crashed so I cant boot windows to see what drivers were being used.
Is there some data saved by Kwlan somewhere? I am guessing it saved some bad data and is trying to load it when I try running it, which is why it keeps failing to launch (it shows the little animated icon bouncing as it loads then it just goes away) I would like to try and clear this possible saved data thinking maybe then it can launch properly
edit: ok i just found out the kwlan thing left a bunch of defunct processes and i learned how to find them and kill them which allowed me to run the program again. the message it gives me when i choose an interface and click Start it says "Could not find network in wpa_supplicant configuration". I am going down the list and each interface seems to give me this error
edit2:
I found an interface which seems to work because it did not spit an error at me. I think it was called atwin? but now, how does this thing work? in windows i would scan, click on my network, enter in the password/key in a single field and that was it. here there are so many options and settings i dont know what to use.
in the scan result my network has the flag [WEP] so i choose plaintext with WEP and the only fields not greyed out are 4 key fields on the right. what is that? i put the key i used in windows on the first line and tried it but in the event log I keep seeing "Trying to associate with (some max address) (SSID= ... freq= ... )"
followed by
"Authentication with 00:00:00:00:00:00 timed out."
over and over again
why is it timing out? I tried the IEEE authentication but now it has like 10 fields i can fill in and i have no idea where to fill in my key and what to put in all the other fields. So i just put it in the password field and tried it but i get same result as above.
ugh this is hopeless