Re: [ubuntu-uk] wifi mini-survey

Alan Pope wrote: > Hi Mac, > > On Sun, 2007-11-11 at 08:01 +, Mac wrote: >> feels more >> like the relative level of laptop wifi use generally, if the content of >> the forums is any guide to a guestimate (not that my track record with >> guestimates is very impressive). >> > > Depends wh

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wifi mini-survey

Hi Mac, On Sun, 2007-11-11 at 08:01 +, Mac wrote: > feels more > like the relative level of laptop wifi use generally, if the content of > the forums is any guide to a guestimate (not that my track record with > guestimates is very impressive). > Depends who you ask. Last week at UDS I'd

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wifi mini-survey

Alan Pope wrote: > Hi Mac, > > On Sat, 2007-11-10 at 14:04 +, Mac wrote: >> Twenty five. What proportion of the whole membership is that, Al? >> About 20% (guessing)? >> > > We have about 450 members right now. > > 5% response rate. > > Cheers, > Al. > Al >>> Thanks for the info.

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Mac wrote: > Friends >>> Following the surprisingly few responses to some recent > questions about wifi, I'm beginning to wonder how many of us are > actually using Ubuntu wirelessly on laptops. > > So here's a quick poll: > > Do you use Ubuntu on a laptop + wifi? > > And, if you do, do you use >

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bject: [ubuntu-uk] wifi mini-survey Friends >>> Following the surprisingly few responses to some recent questions about wifi, I'm beginning to wonder how many of us are actually using Ubuntu wirelessly on laptops. So here's a quick poll: Do you use Ubuntu on a laptop + wifi? An

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Hi Mac, On 08/11/2007, Mac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'll boost the response rate a little. > > Do you use Ubuntu on a laptop + wifi? Gutsy on a laptop with Linksys WPC54GX4, using ndiswrapper. > And, if you do, do you use > > no encryption / WEP / WPA / WPA2 Either WPA or WPA2, I'm not sure

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Hi Mac, On Sat, 2007-11-10 at 14:04 +, Mac wrote: > Twenty five. What proportion of the whole membership is that, Al? > About 20% (guessing)? > We have about 450 members right now. 5% response rate. Cheers, Al. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -

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London School of Puppetry wrote: > Hi there I am using Ubuntu wirelessly on my lap top- but I don't know the > answer to your list of techy questions, but I can ask a friend. What is the > survey for? Caroline >>> For me! And I'm very grateful for all the interest shown by friends on this list

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On 10/11/2007, Alec Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, 2007-11-08 at 17:24 +, Mac wrote: > > Friends >>> Following the surprisingly few responses to some recent > > questions about wifi, I'm beginning to wonder how many of us are > > actually using Ubuntu wirelessly on laptops. > > >

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On Thu, 2007-11-08 at 17:24 +, Mac wrote: > Friends >>> Following the surprisingly few responses to some recent > questions about wifi, I'm beginning to wonder how many of us are > actually using Ubuntu wirelessly on laptops. > > So here's a quick poll: > > Do you use Ubuntu on a laptop + w

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Mac wrote: > Do you use Ubuntu on a laptop + wifi? Yes, Gutsy on an Acer Ferrari 4005 WLMi using the standard Broadcom-based wifi with the bcm43xx driver and firmware extracted using bcm43xx-fwcutter and NetworkManager. > And, if you do, do you use > > no encryption / WEP / WPA / WPA2 WPA2 PSK.

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Mac wrote: > Friends >>> Following the surprisingly few responses to some recent > questions about wifi, I'm beginning to wonder how many of us are > actually using Ubuntu wirelessly on laptops. > > So here's a quick poll: Hello, Mac. > Do you use Ubuntu on a laptop + wifi? Yes - HP Pavillion

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Just wanted to add an entry for my dad who's running Gutsy (beta) on his laptop... > On Thursday 08 November 2007 17:24:50 Mac wrote: > Friends >>> Following the surprisingly few responses to some recent > questions about wifi, I'm beginning to wonder how many of us are > actually using Ubuntu w

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On Thursday 08 November 2007 17:24:50 Mac wrote: > Friends >>> Following the surprisingly few responses to some recent > questions about wifi, I'm beginning to wonder how many of us are > actually using Ubuntu wirelessly on laptops. > > So here's a quick poll: > > Do you use Ubuntu on a laptop + wi

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Scrase, Eddie wrote: >> There are 2 reasons I use WEP. >> 1. The Wii is a pig to set up with WPA >> 2. If someone really wants to break in, I doubt WPA would stop them. >> >> It's really just something there to deter people when there are easier >> targets around really. >> > > > If anyone ou

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> So here's a quick poll: > > Do you use Ubuntu on a laptop + wifi? > > And, if you do, do you use > > no encryption / WEP / WPA / WPA2 > > with ESSID broadcast / hidden? > > > Mac Yes, Ubuntu on a Dell Inspiron, I use WPA, used to use WEP when my desktop card didn't support WPA. I used to have t

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Hi Eddie, On Fri, 2007-11-09 at 08:47 +, Scrase, Eddie wrote: > If anyone out there thinks there is no real difference between WEP and WPA, I > would very strongly advice them to list the following Security Now podcast, > which might well prove to be a bit of an eye opener: > >

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On 08/11/2007, Mac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Friends >>> Following the surprisingly few responses to some recent > questions about wifi, I'm beginning to wonder how many of us are > actually using Ubuntu wirelessly on laptops. > > So here's a quick poll: > > Do you use Ubuntu on a laptop + wif

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> There are 2 reasons I use WEP. > 1. The Wii is a pig to set up with WPA > 2. If someone really wants to break in, I doubt WPA would stop them. > > It's really just something there to deter people when there are easier > targets around really. If anyone out there thinks there is no real differ

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On Thu, 2007-11-08 at 21:52 +, Matthew Daubney wrote: > Tom Bamford wrote: > > Mac wrote: > There are 2 reasons I use WEP. > 1. The Wii is a pig to set up with WPA > 2. If someone really wants to break in, I doubt WPA would stop them. > > It's really just something there to deter people when

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>> Mac wrote: >> >>> Do you use Ubuntu on a laptop + wifi? >>> >>> And, if you do, do you use >>> >>> no encryption / WEP / WPA / WPA2 >>> >>> with ESSID broadcast / hidden? >>> Interesting topic since I'm vaguely looking into buying a Linux compatible laptop. No wifi or laptop yet (proba

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Tom Bamford wrote: > Mac wrote: > >> Do you use Ubuntu on a laptop + wifi? >> >> And, if you do, do you use >> >> no encryption / WEP / WPA / WPA2 >> >> with ESSID broadcast / hidden? >> >> > Thinkpad with an Atheros 5212 a/b/g mini-PCI card running Madwifi-ng > drivers. I use WPA (TKIP

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On Nov 8, 2007 9:44 PM, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, 2007-11-08 at 21:11 +, Tom Bamford wrote: > > Chris Rowson wrote: > > > no encryption (me likey give free internet!!) > > > > > > > Is that wise? Surely you are liable for activities conducted through > > your Internet ser

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On Thu, 2007-11-08 at 21:11 +, Tom Bamford wrote: > Chris Rowson wrote: > > no encryption (me likey give free internet!!) > > > > Is that wise? Surely you are liable for activities conducted through > your Internet service... > Liable in that you could be cut off for infringing your ISP

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Josh Blacker wrote: > WPA I think. I should know, as I set it up! (Checked: WPA Personal. > Anyone care to explain the difference between Personal and Enterprise?) > WPA personal will use a shared passphrase, with WPA enterprise it will likely use a Radius server to authenticate users as they c

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Mac wrote: > Do you use Ubuntu on a laptop + wifi? > > And, if you do, do you use > > no encryption / WEP / WPA / WPA2 > > with ESSID broadcast / hidden? > Thinkpad with an Atheros 5212 a/b/g mini-PCI card running Madwifi-ng drivers. I use WPA (TKIP) and WPA2 (AES) with a nice long passphrase.

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On Thu, 2007-11-08 at 17:24 +, Mac wrote: > Friends >>> Following the surprisingly few responses to some recent > questions about wifi, I'm beginning to wonder how many of us are > actually using Ubuntu wirelessly on laptops. > > So here's a quick poll: > > Do you use Ubuntu on a laptop +

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Chris Rowson wrote: > no encryption (me likey give free internet!!) > Is that wise? Surely you are liable for activities conducted through your Internet service... -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

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Mint; ubuntu wants to download the restricted driver... from the internet, Obviously the biggest load of in the history of the world! (rant over) and wep, SSID broadcasted. On Nov 8, 2007 8:58 PM, Chris Rowson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Do you use Ubuntu on a laptop + wifi? > >

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> > > > Do you use Ubuntu on a laptop + wifi? > > Yes - Old Dell Latitude with Intel MiniPCI Jobby > > And, if you do, do you use > > > > no encryption / WEP / WPA / WPA2 > > no encryption (me likey give free internet!!) > > with ESSID broadcast / hidden? broadcast -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

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Mac wrote: > Friends >>> Following the surprisingly few responses to some recent > questions about wifi, I'm beginning to wonder how many of us are > actually using Ubuntu wirelessly on laptops. > > So here's a quick poll: > > Do you use Ubuntu on a laptop + wifi? > > And, if you do, do you use >

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On Thu, 2007-11-08 at 18:08 +, Alan Pope wrote: > Hi Mac, > > On Thu, 2007-11-08 at 17:24 +, Mac wrote: > > Do you use Ubuntu on a laptop + wifi? > > > Yes. Compaq C310EA. Intel 1395 chipset (I think that right anyway) > > > no encryption / WEP / WPA / WPA2 > > > I have tried both en

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Hi Mac, On Thu, 2007-11-08 at 17:24 +, Mac wrote: > Do you use Ubuntu on a laptop + wifi? > Yes, a Toshiba M400, a Dell Inspiron XPS Gen 2 and an Intel Classmate. The Tosh has Intel 3945, the Dell has Intel 2200 and ironically the Intel has a ralink wifi card. > no encryption / WEP / WPA /

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Mac wrote: > Friends >>> Following the surprisingly few responses to some recent > questions about wifi, I'm beginning to wonder how many of us are > actually using Ubuntu wirelessly on laptops. > > So here's a quick poll: > > Do you use Ubuntu on a laptop + wifi? Yes, using a Dell Latitude D6

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On Thu, 2007-11-08 at 17:24 +, Mac wrote: > Friends >>> Following the surprisingly few responses to some recent > questions about wifi, I'm beginning to wonder how many of us are > actually using Ubuntu wirelessly on laptops. > > So here's a quick poll: > > Do you use Ubuntu on a laptop + w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wifi mini-survey

On Thu, 2007-11-08 at 17:24 +, Mac wrote: > Friends >>> Following the surprisingly few responses to some recent > questions about wifi, I'm beginning to wonder how many of us are > actually using Ubuntu wirelessly on laptops. > > So here's a quick poll: > > Do you use Ubuntu on a laptop +

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Mac wrote: > Friends >>> Following the surprisingly few responses to some recent > questions about wifi, I'm beginning to wonder how many of us are > actually using Ubuntu wirelessly on laptops. > > So here's a quick poll: > > Do you use Ubuntu on a laptop + wifi? > > And, if you do, do you use >

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Wireless can be on the desktop too :-) I use Ubuntu on my laptops and also on a desktop ( With WIFI) Wireless : Centrino based chipset ( laptops) Edimax 7318 USg (desktop) ESSID Broadcast: Yes Encryption: WPA & WEP ( different networks) Ren On Nov 8, 2007 5:24 PM, Mac <[EMAIL PROT

[ubuntu-uk] wifi mini-survey

Friends >>> Following the surprisingly few responses to some recent questions about wifi, I'm beginning to wonder how many of us are actually using Ubuntu wirelessly on laptops. So here's a quick poll: Do you use Ubuntu on a laptop + wifi? And, if you do, do you use no encryption / WEP / WPA