On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 09:30:46AM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > Liam O'Toole wrote: > >On 2010-01-19, Paul Scott <waterho...@ultrasw.com> wrote: > (...) > > >>> > >>>I'm using backported wicd 1.6.2.2 on lenny. > > I believe I have made many attempts with 1.6.2.2 but I will try it again. > > >I find that the terms "key", "password", and "passphrase" tend to be > >used interchangeably in the literature. The important thing to remember > >is that the key can be 8-63 printable ASCII characters or 64 hexadecimal > >characters. Hence the conversion you mention above. > > > >To generate a PSK, you can use an online service like > >https://www.grc.com/passwords.htm. > > Ok. I will try that on my home situation. > > OTOH I need to connect at a coffee shop which uses a given "password" > > Wicd just tells me that the connection is WPA2. When I set Wicd > properties for that connection either to > > WPA 1/2 Passphrase > or > WPA 1/2 Preshared Key > > I get the same bad password rejection from Wicd. > > That was with 1.7. I'm installing 1.6.2.2 right now. >
I had problems with the encrypted connection at my office starting with an upgrade sometime back. It is a WEP hexadecimal passphrase. No rejection of the passphrase though. It claims failure finding the DNS server. Also an WRT54G and Wicd 1.6.2.2, on squeeze. At first I thought it wasn't connecting. After playing with every setting possible, I discovered it was timing out sometimes on the first try. I finally settled for 60 seconds of working off line while I wait, with an occasional second try. Instantly connects to everything else instantly, even the office occasionally. -- Kind Regards, Freeman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
