Dell Mini works on unsecured wireless,not secured!!

Asked by bigjohn

 Have a Dell Mini with Ubuntu connects rapidity and OS works great but on UNSECURED wireless only.When I go a SECURED site put in name and password using right protocal,circles around for several minutes attempting to connect then drops.Always on SECURED sites,unsecured connects right away and remains connected.As an experiment put a full size Dell with Vista side by side used same protocal same site,full size connects immediately Mini does not!Tried this on a dozen different sites,exact same problem.Dell support hung up on me!Useless went to a computer shop,could not figure out,then tried to charge!Help,please going on since March when got laptop,traveling,want to leave full size at home but cannot till this is solved.Thanks in advance.Bigjohn

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
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http://www.ubuntumini.com/2009/04/user-guides-for-ubuntu-904-juanty.html

You may find the wifi in the device does not support WPA but should support WEP nicely. You can implement extra security if you use WEP to make it ok.

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bigjohn (bigjohn100kaiser) said :
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Sir,not real literate with computer terminology.Kindly explain WEP vs.WPA and how to impliment or change over.Thank you so much.Bigjohn

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Vin Shankar (v-shankar) said :
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WEP and WPA are two different ways of securing a wireless network (there's also WPA2, but never mind that for now). Intrinsically, WPA is more secure, but some hardware, possibly including your Mini doesn't support it, though usually that's a driver issue, meaning it can often be solver software-side. If you have control over these wireless networks, you should consider setting them to WEP.

The following has nothing to do with WEP or WPA, but everything to do with your problem:
If your WiFi works OK on the same machine in Windows, you may wish to consider using NDISWrapper, which will let you use the Windows drivers for your wireless card in Ubuntu. More information on NDISWrapper can be found at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/Ndiswrapper but be warned it gets a bit technical.

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