Re: [ubuntu-uk] wep key and ubuntu

2007-06-11 Thread Ian Pascoe
Oops, stepped back in a typing time warp there - the Disability Discrimination Act was 1998 not 1198! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ian Pascoe Sent: 11 June 2007 21:59 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] wep key and ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wep key and ubuntu

2007-06-11 Thread Ian Pascoe
is context. Won't bore you with any more of this as it can and does go on and on and on and on E E -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Neil Greenwood Sent: 11 June 2007 13:26 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] wep key and ubunt

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wep key and ubuntu

2007-06-11 Thread Neil Greenwood
On 09/06/07, Michael Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for your suggestion about looking on the Router itself. Hi Michael, If it is printed on the Router, I'd complain to BT that it's not accessible to you. I'm sure that the recent disability legislation should apply, if they haven't mad

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wep key and ubuntu

2007-06-10 Thread Ian Pascoe
EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tony Travis Sent: 10 June 2007 16:30 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] wep key and ubuntu Steve wrote: > [...] > I'm using a bcm4306 card (F5D7010uk rev3) with the bcm43xx driver on > Dapper. I have a old Toshiba laptop

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wep key and ubuntu

2007-06-10 Thread Tony Travis
Steve wrote: > [...] > I'm using a bcm4306 card (F5D7010uk rev3) with the bcm43xx driver on > Dapper. I have a old Toshiba laptop running as a squid proxy and > apt-cache server. It uses the PCMCIA card to link to the AP downstairs > over WPA-PSK w/ CCMP. > > I don't use Network Manager as it's ju

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wep key and ubuntu

2007-06-10 Thread Steve
On Sun, 2007-06-10 at 11:51 +0100, Tony Travis wrote: > Michael Weaver wrote: > > I think it could well be. > > Thanks for your suggestion about looking on the Router itself. > > Might have to get dad to re-install the wireless part, he has done it > > for his and mum's setup at home because I thin

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wep key and ubuntu

2007-06-10 Thread Tony Travis
Michael Weaver wrote: > I think it could well be. > Thanks for your suggestion about looking on the Router itself. > Might have to get dad to re-install the wireless part, he has done it > for his and mum's setup at home because I think they are probably > same. Hello, Michael. You might find thi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wep key and ubuntu

2007-06-09 Thread Michael Weaver
I think it could well be. Thanks for your suggestion about looking on the Router itself. Might have to get dad to re-install the wireless part, he has done it for his and mum's setup at home because I think they are probably same. On 09/06/07, Josh Blacker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > Is thi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wep key and ubuntu

2007-06-09 Thread Josh Blacker
Hi, Is this a BT Home Hub router/phone combo you're talking about? If so look on the back of the hub, there should be two sets of information: a BT Home Hub SSID/wep key, which will be for your wireless internet and a BT Fusion id and passkey which I guess is for the phone - we only have the route

[ubuntu-uk] wep key and ubuntu

2007-06-09 Thread Michael Weaver
Hi! I am new to this list and fairly new to Ubuntu having just got it working on my desktop computer today on a separate USB drive as a Duel Boot system with Windows XP. I have a question about Wep keys. Recently BT which is my ISP insisted on sending me their Wireless Router with Hub phone and my

Re: [ubuntu-uk] WEP Key

2007-06-01 Thread Scrase, Eddie
This may be getting a bit off topic, but I think that this podcast by Steve Gibson about WEP security makes interesting listening: http://www.grc.com/SecurityNow.htm#89 One line summary for those who haven't got the time to listen to the podcast: With the right software, a hacker can now crack a W

Re: [ubuntu-uk] WEP key

2007-05-31 Thread London School of Puppetry
On 31/05/07, Kris Marsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 5/30/07, Andrew Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I personally use WPA on a daily basis and, although it's more secure > than WEP (for now, until someone inevitably discovers a weakness), I'm > finding that software like network-manager and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] WEP key

2007-05-30 Thread Kris Marsh
On 5/30/07, Andrew Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I personally use WPA on a daily basis and, although it's more secure > than WEP (for now, until someone inevitably discovers a weakness), I'm > finding that software like network-manager and the Ubuntu installer just > don't support it, despite

Re: [ubuntu-uk] WEP key

2007-05-30 Thread London School of Puppetry
On 30/05/07, Neil Greenwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 30/05/07, Andrew Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm sure someone will mention this next bit so I'll get there first: WEP > has been found to be quite easy to circumvent, so it's not that good a > way of securing a wireless network, bu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] WEP key

2007-05-30 Thread alan c
London School of Puppetry wrote: > > > On 30/05/07, *Andrew Price* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > On 30/05/07 18:06, London School of Puppetry wrote: > > Can anyone tell me what a WEP key is and what it does? > > Caroline (LSP) > > Hi Caroline, >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] WEP key

2007-05-30 Thread Andrew Price
On 30/05/07 20:51, Neil Greenwood wrote: > On 30/05/07, Andrew Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I'm sure someone will mention this next bit so I'll get there first: WEP >> has been found to be quite easy to circumvent, so it's not that good a >> way of securing a wireless network, but it's bette

Re: [ubuntu-uk] WEP key

2007-05-30 Thread Neil Greenwood
On 30/05/07, Andrew Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm sure someone will mention this next bit so I'll get there first: WEP > has been found to be quite easy to circumvent, so it's not that good a > way of securing a wireless network, but it's better than nothing and > it's still used quite wid

Re: [ubuntu-uk] WEP key

2007-05-30 Thread Andy
Hi (from a different andy) On 30/05/07, London School of Puppetry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > but what no-one has explained to me in what it looks like- In my hand I have > something called 802.11b/g Security Gateway. Is this a WEP or a WAP ? Lets be careful not to confuse WAP and WPA. WAP is

Re: [ubuntu-uk] WEP key

2007-05-30 Thread London School of Puppetry
On 30/05/07, Andrew Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 30/05/07 18:06, London School of Puppetry wrote: > Can anyone tell me what a WEP key is and what it does? > Caroline (LSP) Hi Caroline, Note: I'm a computer science geek but I'll try to keep this simple :) WEP ("Wired Equivalent Privacy"

Re: [ubuntu-uk] WEP key

2007-05-30 Thread Andrew Price
On 30/05/07 18:06, London School of Puppetry wrote: > Can anyone tell me what a WEP key is and what it does? > Caroline (LSP) Hi Caroline, Note: I'm a computer science geek but I'll try to keep this simple :) WEP ("Wired Equivalent Privacy") basically provides a layer of security on top of a wir

Re: [ubuntu-uk] WEP key

2007-05-30 Thread London School of Puppetry
On 30/05/07, Pete Ryland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 30/05/07, London School of Puppetry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can anyone tell me what a WEP key is and what it does? WEP is one of the encryption methods used over wireless ethernet (802.11), encrypting all traffic with a shared secret k

Re: [ubuntu-uk] WEP key

2007-05-30 Thread Pete Ryland
On 30/05/07, London School of Puppetry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can anyone tell me what a WEP key is and what it does? WEP is one of the encryption methods used over wireless ethernet (802.11), encrypting all traffic with a shared secret known as the WEP key. Unfortunately, it's not very secu

[ubuntu-uk] WEP key

2007-05-30 Thread London School of Puppetry
Can anyone tell me what a WEP key is and what it does? Caroline (LSP) -- --- London School of Puppetry www.londonschoolofpuppetry.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/