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Eva Myers <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:05:26 +0100
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Hello,
I have a slight problem with a Dell Latitude laptop running SL51.  It
has a Broadcom wireless card and is set up to use ndiswrapper for
wireless networking.  This works perfectly on a public wifi network
but will not work with my parents' Sky wireless router which is set up
for encrypted networking with the following connection info (some bits
blanked out on the assumption that they are like passwords):

SSID: SKY****
Network Key: Q*******
Channel: Auto

The error message I get when attempting to connect is:

Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A)
SET failed on device wlan0; Invalid argument

This same message appears whether or not the laptop is within range of
the wireless router.  Why is encrypted wireless not working, and how
can this problem be fixed (would upgrading help?)
Eva.

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