"Passphrase Required by Wireless Network" prompt repeats when powering-on or restarting

are you using wifi radar in gnome or wireless assistant in kde??

I'm relatively new to Ubuntu. Can you provide me with instructions on how I can answer your question.

Thanks!

To install wifi-radar

Using System->Administration->Software sources [Ubuntu software] please enable all the repositories.

Then open a Terminal from the menu Applications->Accessories->Terminal and type:

sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude upgrade
sudo aptitude install wifi-radar

give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you type it, then press enter.

You will find wifi-radar under the Applications->Internet menu.

Hope this helps

I followed your steps but the wifi-radar app did not appear in Applications->Internet menu.

- all [Ubuntu software] repositories were enabled

- I ran each of the sudo... commands separately within the same Terminal session

- upon running "sudo aptitude update", I was prompted for and entered my password. The command then executed for a few seconds but stopped with a prompt asking me to select Y/N so I selected Y. It continued executing and then completed (note: I did not write done the text that preceded the Y/N prompt)

- I ran the two other commands without incident, closed Terminal session

- I restarted the computer and received a gnome error and the comp booted with some minor graphical issues. Rebooted a second time and no gnome error (graphic issues were corrected)

Were any of my actions incorrect?

Thanks for the tip regarding wifi-radar. Obviously, I'm a novice in both my knowledge and use of Ubuntu. However, I eventually found Applications>Add/Remove where wifi-radar was listed and I successfully installed it. I then launched wifi-radar and created an "account" for my wireless network (something Ubuntu could not remember prior to installing wifi-radar), but this did not fix the recurring problem of the "Passphrase Required by Wireless Network" prompt.

I was hoping that by creating an "account" for my wireless network, all other networks would be ignored.

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY OTHER IDEAS ON HOW TO FIX THIS PROBLEM????
- Is there a setting somewhere in Ubuntu (or app) to connect to a specific wireless network, ignoring all other networks
- For those readers not having this problem but who use wifi-radar, what are your settings for WPA (see my router specs in my original notification)?

I wanted to ditch Windows but I would rather use it than having to put-up with this problem.

Ciao

@PZXS
By default Ubuntu Gnome uses Network Manager for setting up networks (wired and wireless). You can see a Network Manager Applet (nm-applet) in the notifications area (System Tray) of Gnome desktop.
To setup wireless access using Gnome Network Manager, go to System -> Admininstration -> Network. You will see
a) Wired connection
b) Wireless connection
c) Modem connection

Enable Wireless by checking the relevant box in the above list. Now you should see a list of wifi networks in the range (and your wireless LED glows). Choose your network and key in all the settings SSID , WPA/WEP key etc). You can use Gnome keyring (equivalent of a electronic wallet) to save the password. Once you set it up this way, you do not need to provide the wireless key every time you reconnect to the network.

You can enable support for multiple wireless networks (with different keys of-course) this way.
Gnome Network Manager some times fails to connect to wireless network; running dhclient (sudo dhclient eth1) from terminal window should connect you back to the wireless network.

Thanks for your message, but after I performed your instructions I still
receive the "Passphrase Required by Wireless Network" prompt. Attached
are the screen-shots of my wireless setup, in the order each step was
performed (left >> Right):

1. I first deleted the setup in WiFi-Radar

2. I setup Network Manager per your instructions, but the only way for
NM to remember the network setup properties (see first two screenshot)
is when "[ ] Enable Roaming Mode" is NOT enabled. In this case I do not
receive the "Passphrase... prompt, but there was also NO connection made
to any wireless network.

3. The only way I can connect to a wireless network is to enable roaming
mode, but this causes my wireless setup properties in Network Manager to
disappear, and the Passphrase... prompt to return on every start-up:
a) After entering the parameters of my wireless network (P1Z9X4S8) in to
the Passphrase... prompt a connection is established, but this must be
done on every start-up.
b) Alternatively, also on every start-up, I can cancel the Passphrase...
prompt, select my network from the list of available wireless networks,
and the system will eventually connect to my network. So in this latter
case where a connection was made without completing the Passphrase
prompt, the system must have recorded my Passphrase somewhere(?)

Notes:
------
- In either case above (2 & 3) it made no difference whether gnome
keyring is configured or not configured. When I first setup gnome
keyring I was prompted to provide it with the Passphrase for my wireless
network P1Z9X4S8, which I did by selecting "Always Allow".

- When using WiFi-Radar, the connection to my network was immediate
(without receiving the Passphrase prompt) about 20% of the time.

=======================================================================
CAN YOU PLEASE CIRCULATE THIS MESSAGE TO OTHERS IN THE UBUNTU COMMUNITY
TO HELP ME RESOLVE THIS FRUSTRATING PROBLEM!
=======================================================================

Thanks,
Phil

On Mon, 2008-03-31 at 16:42 +0000, Pavankumar Kulkarni wrote:
> Your question #27875 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/27875
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Pavankumar Kulkarni proposed the following answer:
> @PZXS
> By default Ubuntu Gnome uses Network Manager for setting up networks (wired and wireless). You can see a Network Manager Applet (nm-applet) in the notifications area (System Tray) of Gnome desktop.
> To setup wireless access using Gnome Network Manager, go to System -> Admininstration -> Network. You will see
> a) Wired connection
> b) Wireless connection
> c) Modem connection
>
> Enable Wireless by checking the relevant box in the above list. Now you
> should see a list of wifi networks in the range (and your wireless LED
> glows). Choose your network and key in all the settings SSID , WPA/WEP
> key etc). You can use Gnome keyring (equivalent of a electronic wallet)
> to save the password. Once you set it up this way, you do not need to
> provide the wireless key every time you reconnect to the network.
>
> You can enable support for multiple wireless networks (with different keys of-course) this way.
> Gnome Network Manager some times fails to connect to wireless network; running dhclient (sudo dhclient eth1) from terminal window should connect you back to the wireless network.
>

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Yes the problem of the recurring Passphrase prompt continues, however,
using WiFi Radar has reduced its occurrence by about 10%.

Any other recommendations to possibly solve this problem would be
greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
Phil

On Fri, 2008-04-18 at 07:18 +0000, Launchpad Janitor wrote:
> Your question #27875 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/27875
>
> Status: Open => Expired
>
> Launchpad Janitor expired the question:
> This question was expired because it remained in the 'Open' state
> without activity for the last 15 days.
>

This question was expired because it remained in the 'Open' state without activity for the last 15 days.