Can't connect to internet (edit)

[Dwindle]

I'm using 6.06

It seems my wireless card is recognized, the Wireless Assistant (wlanassistant) sees my router.

I know it is open system, WEP, with a hex key (auto DHCP).

It keeps telling me "unable to connect to network", but doesn't say why.

Strangely, the "link" light on my card is lit up, which usually means I'm connected.

Any suggestions?
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iwconfig:

wlan0

802.11b linked EDDID:"Local Mafia"
Mode: Managed Frequency: 2.462 GHz Access Point: 00:09:5B:F7:EA:2D
Bit Rate = 11 Mb/s
Retry: on Fragment thr: off
Power Management: off
Link Quality = 96/100 Signal level = -58dBm Noise level = -252 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt: 0 Rx invalid frag: 0
Tx excessive retries: 0 Invalid misc: 0 Missed beacon: 0

[Snowhog]

Re: Can't connect to internet

Are you running, or behind, any kind of firewall? From a Konsole session, can you successfully ping?

[Dwindle]

Re: Can't connect to internet

I'm quite the newbie here.

I tried "ping 192.168.1.1" and it replied "Network is unreachable".

My routers firewall is turned off, and it does not see the Kubuntu machine.
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I tried disabling the security key on my router, and reset the settings - no avail.

Is there anywhere I could find any error messages it received?
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I erased some of my network settings and tried again.

Now, I can connect to the internet as long as I have WEP disabled on my router. As soon as I turn it back on, I can't connect.

Settings on the router match those of the network assistant - auto DCHP, open system, etc.

My key is a hex key, I'm assuming by leaving "ASCII" unchecked, it is assuming hex mode.

Either way, I tried it's ASCII equivelent, but no luck.

Is it possible the hardware is incapable of WEP?

I've never used this computer with any other OS.

[askrieger]

Re: Can't connect to internet (edit)

Please take a look at this page at the Ubuntu Community Help Wiki and some of the references on that page. I'm no wireless expert, but even I know that, if your hardware can do it, WPA is MUCH better than WEP.

[Detonate]

Re: Can't connect to internet (edit)

I had this problem with my laptop. I tried everything I could to get it to connect. I very carefully entered the WEP key, but still no luck. Finally, I went into the router, and changed the WEP key and saved the new settings, went to the laptop and entered the new settings and it worked. I don't know why this worked but it did. You might try that.