Re: [tlug] Setting up a Reliable Local WiFi Network

[CL <az.4tlug@example.com>]

Stuart Luppescu wrote:
> On 火, 2009-07-14 at 18:28 +0900, CL wrote:
> > it is only the Kubuntu machines having this problem,
>
> These are the ones running KNetworkManager, right? I had horrible
> trouble with NetworkManager (the gtk version, but...) with an Intel
> wireless card. If you search the web, you'll see that we aren't alone. I
> could have sworn that it was a hardware problem, but when I switched to
> wicd, (almost) all my problems went away.

Stuart,

Many thanks for that tip.  We have network.  Everything _seems_ to be 
making nice with everything else after I did the changeover to wicd ... 
which, incidentally, uninstalls KNetworkManager when it is added.  It 
took about 20 minutes of serious dicking around (hope that isn't too 
technical) to get the formats and handshakes right.  Once the passwords 
were accepted, everything seems to work.

The upstairs tenant has yet to install wicd but it has now been added to 
their List of Things to Do.

EMBARRASSING SIDE NOTE:

One thing about this little project tells me how far I have come from my 
days of being able to solve all of the world's problems by refilling my 
automatic pencil, getting another roll of white shelf paper and my 
plastic program logic map template, then adding a couple more trays 
filled with 80-column punch cards to my program cart.  It occurred this 
morning when wicd informed me that I needed to enable encryption for the 
local area connection ... and the very first thing I did was to look for 
a large friendly button marked "Encryption" instead of the setup menu ...

I'm so ashamed of myself ...

--
CL