Re: [PLUG] PSK error in wicd-1.7.0

2012-03-10 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 10 Mar 2012, Ken Stephens wrote: > Do you have MAC address restrictions set on your router? This one caught > me when I got my new laptop home. Ken, Sigh. I thought that was it because this new laptop does not have its MAC address in the WAP access list. So, I took off the three add

Re: [PLUG] PSK error in wicd-1.7.0

2012-03-10 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 10 Mar 2012, Russell Johnson wrote: > The examples I find online show the psk keyword with a password inside > quotes. Have you tried that? Russell, The .conf file had the "your ESSID here" in quotes, but not the PSK. I assumed that was meaningful. Anyway, my Web searches found others

Re: [PLUG] PSK error in wicd-1.7.0

2012-03-10 Thread Russell Johnson
On Mar 10, 2012, at 10:54 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: > # WPA protected network, supply your own ESSID and WPAPSK here: > network={ > scan_ssid=0 > ssid="AESi" > proto=WPA RSN > key_mgmt=WPA-PSK > pairwise=CCMP TKIP > group=CCMP TKIP WEP104 WEP40 > psk=1a2b3c4d5e > priority=10 > } Th

[PLUG] PSK error in wicd-1.7.0

2012-03-10 Thread Rich Shepard
I think that I've identified the problem with the Sony Vaio not connecting to my WAP, but I've no idea how to fix it. First, I changed the PSK password on the WAP to a five-digit hex number[1] and rebooted the router after saving the change. Second, I changed the PSK password in /etc/wpa_sup