"Passphrase Required by Wireless Network" prompt repeats when powering-on or restarting
When powering-on or restarting my DELL 600m notebook (7.10 Gutsy Gibbon, Intel PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini PCI Adapter), I keep getting the "Passphrase Required by Wireless Network" dialog. Referring to the sequence of events below, I'm able to eventually connect to my wireless router: DLink DI-624 with latest firmware, DHCP and MAC filtering enabled, Super G with Dynamic Turbo enabled, Extended Range Mode enabled, WPA (TKIP & PSK), and a wireless passphrase of 32 random keyboard characters that include upper / lower case, numbers, and characters such as ! * ? (etc.)
Note: This problem does not occur with my two Windows XP computers: older DELL desktop and a Sony Viao notebook.
Sequence of Events:
1. After login, the desktop appears and the wireless access icon is active as it attempts to connect
2. After about 10 seconds the passphrase prompt appears and I click cancel to close the prompt. It makes no difference if I complete the fields, the passphrase prompt
keeps reappearing with Wireless Security field showing "WPA Personal" and Type field showing "Automatic (Default)"
4. After about 5 seconds a wireless connection is made to my neighbor's unsecured router "goody", I click the wireless access icon and select my router "P1Z9X4S8"
5. After about 15 seconds the wireless connection is made to my router "P1Z9X4S8", but only for 3 seconds and then reverts back to "goody"
6. I again click the wireless access icon and select my router, and after about 10 seconds the connection is re-established to "P1Z9X4S8" and it is now stable
Possible Fix(?):
* Change the Ubuntu wireless setup to ignore all other wireless networks and connect only to "P1Z9X4S8". This capability is available in Win ZP but I could not find how to
do this in Ubuntu
* Perhaps my passphrase is too complex and the Ubuntu connection times-out, triggering the Passphrase dialog
Your assistance in helping to resolve this issue is greatly appreciated.
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