I hope I can clairfy:  I am in an apartment complex, that has evidently
a DOS program that looks for a Key:  "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" to enable only
users in the complex to access WIFI.  If you want them, I can provide
the exact sequence and terminology used.  I remember it is a WPA PSK
key.

I can't say whether it was Network Manager that initiated the final process 
that asked me for my "code," or another routine.  If you feel it is important I 
could save my data and rebuild this part of my hard disk with Ubuntu 7.04 
Feisty Fawn
(see below for more details).

This is what I think changed things for the better:

I tried to install a Belkin, USB WIFI antenna for greater range, following 
instructions from a file downloaded, which I can probably find (I save 
everything).
I couldn't get the Feisty OS to see the Belkin (Ralink) antenna, but it was 
after 
this that a boot up sequence asked me for the correct key and booted into the 
Atheros radio chip.

The system was  Feisty Fawn 7.04 (DVD) from issue 80, July 2007 of Linux
Magazine,

As I said above, the software probably was in the system on the DVD, as
I was unable to access the internet using my WIFI setup.   Again, my
guess is that when I tried to install the Belkin "Railink" chip, I moved
something or deleted something in the Wifi boot up script that caused it
to see the Atheros chip in the correct sequence.

My guess is that the newer program or routine, as you may call it, had
not been used in this case, since I could not download any software
until my machine could access the WIFI and internet.

So, if you are not confused by now, I tried.

Regards,

J. Lynch

Martin Jürgens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Just to clarify :), that was probably 
network-manager, the icon on the
right top corner in the panel which support WPA for a long time now.

Sebastien is speaking about network-admin, reachable via System ->
Administration -> Network which now supports WPA, which is good news :)

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