Chazzman_bm Posted October 26, 2006 Report Share Posted October 26, 2006 Hi guys, I've recently installed Mandriva 2006 on my laptop (HP nc6000). I'm new to Linux but am well digging it so far. The problem I've got is a wierd one in that I can't connect to my wireless network at home. I can 'see' the connection and get pretty good signal strength but when I click on connect, I get "Unable to contact daemon". I'm running a pre-shared key setup with 4 other machines in my house that all work fine but the laptop just won't play. Strangely enough though, when I go to my office, I can connect to one of our secured wireless networks no problem. The laptop detects the network, I click on it, enter the pre-shared key and voila, I'm connected. None of this unable to connect nonsense. Nothing changes on the laptop configuration wise between work and home so I don't get it. Any advice, hints, tips? Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riseringseeker Posted October 26, 2006 Report Share Posted October 26, 2006 Just a guess on my part, but you might want to check if MAC address filtering is enabled on the router. I have forgotten that I had it, and it caused problems. If that is not the problem, try setting the router to factory defaults, and see if it then connects, if it does, re-enable WEP, and try again. Let us know how it goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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