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Ok, here's what I had to do: https://wiki.uvm.edu/index.php?title=WPA2_Dell_mini Turns out that with the latest patches for 8.10, switching to ndiswrapper and getting updated drivers was all I needed to do. If you try this, let us know how it works. Mike On Fri, 6 Feb 2009, Chris McKenna wrote: > Hey everyone, > > Have you had any luck with 8.10 connecting to UVM? I've spent a while today > working through the instructions in those threads and nothing has been > working for me. > > This solution, though, I doubt I've been doing correctly... > > in gconf-editor : system>networking>connections>1>802-11-wireless-security. > > Current : > Code: > > group [wep40,wep104,tkip,ccmp] > key-mgmt wpa-psk > name 802-11-wireless-security > pairwise [tkip,ccmp] > proto [wpa,rsn] > > Edit to look like : (what forum says to do) > Code: > > group [tkip] > key-mgmt wpa-psk > name 802-11-wireless-security > pairwise [tkip] > proto [wpa] > > > I'm assuming tkip and psk are not the parameters that our wireless network > will take...any insight on what I should be setting there or any updates on > anything you have gotten to work? > > Thanks! > Chris McKena > > > > Mike Austin wrote: >> We're seeing the same freezing problem on a Dell Inspiron 910 running >> Ubuntu 8.10 when connecting to the UVM wpa2 network. >> >> After some research, it looks like this is a problem with 8.10 - that these >> systems worked with Ubuntu 8.04. >> >> A few links that have information I'd like to try: >> >> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1010650 >> >> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1009180 >> >> >> Here's one about upgrading specific pieces of Ubuntu to more recent >> versions, which might help: >> >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/272185/comments/174 >> >> I definitely want to try that one. >> I would have tested those fixes today, but am working from home so no UVM >> network. I plan on testing them tomorrow morning. But if you get a chance >> to do so before then, let us know how they work! >> >> Mike >> >> >> On Wed, 28 Jan 2009, Chris McKenna wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I don't know why, but whenever I try to connect to UVM or WPA2 on my new >>> Dell Inspiron with Ubuntu 8.10 it completely freezes my machine. Any idea >>> why this might happen? Could it be my computer/wireless card? I connect >>> to all other networks fine and I know I am connecting with the right >>> settings. Any insight would be appreciated. Thanks! >>> >>> Chris McKenna >>> >