cant connect to a secure acces point [SOLVED]

[G24]

hi I'm really new to Linux i have kubuntu 9.04 I'm having problems connecting to a secure wireless connection, when its unsecure i can connect and everything works good, but when trying to access to my home router, its a secure connection, the kdenetwork manager just kept asking again and again for the password( by the way its correct) , so i read around the forum that i needed to install wicd manager, but still the same can access a secure connection just unsecure ones,
by the way this error came out when trying to connect
the application jaunty(1) crashed and caused the signal 11(sigsegv)
i dint know if any extra information is needed,if so tell me and i will post it
in advance thanks and sorry for the grammar English is not my first language

[Vegita]

Re: cant connect to a secure acces point

try installing wpa-supplicant and wpagui then kdesu wpagui (I don't know in *buntu, but in debian there IS wpagui)

[G24]

Re: cant connect to a secure acces point

try installing wpa-supplicant and wpagui then kdesu wpagui (I don't know in *buntu, but in debian there IS wpagui)

OK, sorry for my ignorance but how would i do that?
i found this page http://www.neowin.net/forum/lofivers...p/t399787.html
are those good instructions ?

[rb0171610]

Re: cant connect to a secure acces point

Those instructions are not necessary. Those packages are probably already installed on your system.
Read here first:

http://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=82412

I have my laptop connect automatically to my home network by editing the /etc/network/intefaces file.
In a command prompt type:
sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces

If your wireless device is eth1:
add the following lines to the bottom of the file, replacing the name of your ESSID and your wireless key:

auto eth1
iface eth1 inet dhcp
wireless-essid name-of-your-essid
wireless-key your-wireless-key

type ctrl +x to save the file. Reboot or restart networking. Your network should automatically connect on startup.

[rb0171610]

Re: cant connect to a secure acces point

If you find it necessary to install those programs, you can open a terminal and at the command prompt type:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-cache search wpa

you should see something similar to this:

wpasupplicant - client support for WPA and WPA2 (IEEE 802.11i)
aircrack-ng - wireless WEP/WPA cracking utilities
chillispot - Wireless LAN Access Point Controller
enblend - image blending tool
hostapd - user space IEEE 802.11 AP and IEEE 802.1X/WPA/WPA2/EAP Authenticator
kwlan - wpasupplicant frontend for KDE
mcp-plugins - LADSPA plugins designed for Alsa Modular Synth
pykaraoke - free CDG/MIDI/MPEG karaoke player
pykaraoke-bin - free CDG/MIDI/MPEG karaoke player
python-gadfly - SQL database and parser generator for Python
python-pykaraoke - free CDG/MIDI/MPEG karaoke player
wicd - wired and wireless network manager
wpagui - graphical user interface for wpa_supplicant
clamav - anti-virus utility for Unix - command-line interface

You can then type:
sudo apt-get install
followed by the name of all the packages you want to install separated by space
so, for example:
sudo apt-get install wpagui wicd wpasupplicant

This will install those three packages.

[G24]

Re: cant connect to a secure acces point

ok the first line about sudo nano /etc/network/int
I did it and nothig came out...it was just a black screen so I guess that is bad

[rb0171610]

Re: cant connect to a secure acces point

ok the first line about sudo nano /etc/network/int
I did it and nothig came out...it was just a black screen so I guess that is bad

nano /etc/network/interfaces
NOT
nano /etc/network/int

And did you hit enter?
Nano is a command line text editor. You can also edit this text file in other ways. Nano is my preferred text editor.

[G24]

Re: cant connect to a secure acces point

ok I did now this came out

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

now what should I do?

[kevinc]

Re: cant connect to a secure acces point

ok I did now this came out

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

now what should I do?

Next, in the terminal, copy the lines from the above post and insert them on a new line after the above lines.

auto eth1
iface eth1 inet dhcp
wireless-essid name-of-your-essid
wireless-key your-wireless-key

If your wireless is wlan0 then replace the eth1 with wlan0 in that section of code.

In nano, there are hints at the bottom of the page. Ctrl o writes the added lines to the edited file buffer.
Nano prompts for the file name, press enter, then, ctrl x exits

[G24]

Re: cant connect to a secure acces point

ok I did now this came out

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

now what should I do?

Next, in the terminal, copy the lines from the above post and insert them on a new line after the above lines.

auto eth1
iface eth1 inet dhcp
wireless-essid name-of-your-essid
wireless-key your-wireless-key

If your wireless is wlan0 then replace the eth1 with wlan0 in that section of code.

In nano, there are hints at the bottom of the page. Ctrl o writes the added lines to the edited file buffer.
Nano prompts for the file name, press enter, then, ctrl x exits

thanks to everyone i finally have wireless and for my case i was ath0 instead do eth1 or wlan0
again thank you all for your help

[kevinc]

Re: cant connect to a secure acces point

That's good. One more satisfied customer.

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