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Can see my wireless network, but not connect

Asked by Sean Kelley

I can see my wireless network (and several others) but I cant connect to it. I can connect directly to the router by using an Ethernet cable but not over wireless. When I try to connect it asks me for a passphrase, I enter it, the icon spins like its trying to connect, then the window comes back up asking for the passphrase again.
My neighbor has an unsecured wireless network and I cant connect to that either. I click on it to connect, the icon on the top bar spins, and then nothing happens.

Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks,

Sean

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UbuntuAma (ama-bone) said : 		#1

got EXACTLY the Same Problem

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Johannes Pilkahn (j-pilkahn) said : 		#2

Can you please post the output of "cat /etc/network/interfaces" and "iwconfig"? Thanks.

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Sean Kelley (ptphonehome12) said : 		#3

Hey, thanks for offering to help but got it working. I was changing my wireless encryption from WEP to WPA2 Personal for another reason and decided to see if I could connect and now I can.

On another note, when my laptop is booting up the screen stays black for almost 5 minutes before I get the Ubuntu log on screen. Is there any way to fix this?

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UbuntuAma (ama-bone) said : 		#4

well u might try this , i have play with router on windows on NAT just turn it off and try if works if not put it back ON not sure if its the solution but i works for me
Thanks

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Ben Cole (ben-cole-1991) said : 		#5

I have the same problem with my network, although I use Orange Telecom, with their Livebox setup.
Any ideas?
Cheers
Ben

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UbuntuAma (ama-bone) said : 		#6

i did try to Disable the Firewall (u must have your security key ON tho for security reasons) and it works on mine not sure if its the solution but u might need to give it a go

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Newbie Dragon (spam-enterprisepacs) said : 		#7

I get the same thing before he got it working by changing it to WPA2 Personal

here are my results for as you requested
cat: /etc/network/interface: No such file or directory

benet@benet:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

pan0 no wireless extensions.

wlan1 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:off/any
          Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
          Bit Rate:1 Mb/s Tx-Power:17 dBm
          RTS thr:2347 B Fragment thr:2346 B
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

what next?

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Newbie Dragon (spam-enterprisepacs) said : 		#8

Thanks this thread helped me figure it out see question 56905

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