wireless nic works w/o encryption but not with wpa

[Guest coho66]

Hello all,

 

I"m new to linux, although I have played with an earlier version of mandrake and dabbled in unix, but this was many moons ago. So i am comfortable with command line interface, but I don't remember any of the linux commands or pertinent tools or software to use.

 

Anyways, I currently have an issue with trying to enable wpa with my trendnet tew-424 usb wireless nic (uses zd1211 chipset) in mandriva 2007 (powerpack).

 

I can get the network/internet to work fine without any encryption enabled, but I can't seem to connect to the internet while enabling wpa, regardless of whatever settings i've tried? The odd thing is i can obtain a network address using wpa through the wireless manager, but still no dice with eeenturnet access. Any suggestions on how to troubleshoot this process? All advice is appreciated.

 

Thanks,

 

Coho

[ianw1974]

Have you got wpa_supplicant installed? Did you configure anything in /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf?

 

I've got a sample one at home for basics, and it does work, but not got it to hand right now as not at home.

[Guest coho66]

Hi there,

 

thanks so much for the prompt reply; much appreciated.

 

I can't tell you if i've got it installed or not. Is there a diagnostic I can perform to find out?

[Guest coho66]

yup, wpa supplicant is installed...

 

but, still no dice???

 

in addition to regular dhcp, I tried manually configuring an ip and then it says "associated with eth2" upon successful connection with the router...and the browser will attempt to look for the domain i choose but never reaches a site...the signal strength is pitiful and the connection disconnects