Help Needed Ubuntu 9.04 - Dell - Virgin

davesdeals

Can anyone help i have a dell mini 10 webbook, with ubuntu 9.04 jaunty on it, i have always been able to connect wirelessly through my virgin netgear router, but now all i get is a box pop up with (Authentication required by wireless network) and in the password is really long password not mine, so i put my password back in and the same happens, i really do not know what to do!
The only thing i have done is change my password on the dell mini book.
Please help.

tronator

davesdeals wrote: »

Can anyone help i have a dell mini 10 webbook, with ubuntu 9.04 jaunty on it, i have always been able to connect wirelessly through my virgin netgear router, but now all i get is a box pop up with (Authentication required by wireless network) and in the password is really long password not mine, so i put my password back in and the same happens, i really do not know what to do!
The only thing i have done is change my password on the dell mini book.
Please help.

Go to Applications -> Accessories -> Passwords and Encryption Keys

In the "Password" tab expand "Passwords: login" and delete the password for your wireless network. Now type in the password again when prompted. Make sure you connect to the right network and not your neighbors virgin box. Also enable "show password" when typing it in to make sure it's the right one.

gaming_guy

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davesdeals

tronator wrote: »

Go to Applications -> Accessories -> Passwords and Encryption Keys

In the "Password" tab expand "Passwords: login" and delete the password for your wireless network. Now type in the password again when prompted. Make sure you connect to the right network and not your neighbors virgin box. Also enable "show password" when typing it in to make sure it's the right one.

Just tried that, but unfortunately that did not work, the same long unknown password came back again.
Any other suggestions anyone?

gaming_guy

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davesdeals

gaming_guy wrote: »

Have you rebooted (restarted) the computer and router?

Do other wireless devices connect ok?

Yes rebooted and still not working, and yes my Toshiba with windows on works fine, it really is this Ubuntu I regret ever getting it

tronator

davesdeals wrote: »

Just tried that, but unfortunately that did not work, the same long unknown password came back again.
Any other suggestions anyone?

First at all, are you using WEP or WPA? If WEP then it might be an ASCII <-> HEX problem. If WPA, try the following

Right click on the wireless symbol -> Edit Connections -> Wireless Tab

delete all stored wireless networks and reconnect

If it still doesn't work there might be a problem with your keyring and you need to reset it.

http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/07/06/clearing-or-resetting-the-gnome-keyring/

You will lose all your saved passwords by doing this!

Hammyman

davesdeals wrote: »

Just tried that, but unfortunately that did not work, the same long unknown password came back again.
Any other suggestions anyone?

Its not a long unknown password. It's what your key actually ends up as.

davesdeals

tronator wrote: »

First at all, are you using WEP or WPA? If WEP then it might be an ASCII <-> HEX problem. If WPA, try the following

Right click on the wireless symbol -> Edit Connections -> Wireless Tab

delete all stored wireless networks and reconnect

If it still doesn't work there might be a problem with your keyring and you need to reset it.

http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/07/06/clearing-or-resetting-the-gnome-keyring/

You will lose all your saved passwords by doing this!

Tried all that still not working, the box with (Authentication required by wireless network) still comes up :mad:
Any other ideas?

davesdeals

:T Well i decided on another reboot and guess what yes it connected, can i say a big thankyou to everyone here who helped me without this forum i would have been totally lost... Thankyou Everyone.:beer:

davesdeals

:mad: Oh dear, I spoke too soon it did connect, but then disconnected and now will not reconnect, the the little icon is just spinnig around.
Drat I thought that was the end of this nightmare.
Any other Ideas Please......