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Re: [LUG] Asus eeePC- Connection to BT Total Broadband Hub

 

On Thursday 21 August 2008 09:29, Simon Robert wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-08-20 at 10:08 +0100, Kelly Jones wrote:
> > If your using WPA then there was a known issue with the eee pc and
> > WPA, search on the eee pc forums and you will find a solution.
> >
> > 2008/8/19 Ross Bearman <ross@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > > I can't really offer any helpe; I did have connectivity issues on my
> > > EEE PC, but I replaced Xandros with Ubuntu-EEE
> > > <http://www.ubuntu-eee.com> and use Ubuntu Netbook Remix on it. That
> > > solved all my issues, sorry I can't be any more helpful.
> > >
> > > Regards, Ross Bearman
>
> this may not be the sort of solution you're looking for, but anyhow...
> My isp is the the postoffice (not recommended) and I have a strong
> suspicion that what they offer is BT Broadband re-badged.  If your
> problem is with WPA and you don't want to switch to some other inferior
> type of security I would recommend switching distros.
>
> I currently have eeePClinuxOS installed and it has absolutely no problem
> with WPA. I've tried a variety of distros on the eeePC and I think this
> one is the best Skype and the webcam work out of the box and it even has
> an easy mode.
WPA can be a bit confusing - theres several input methods for your key some of 
which may need padding out to get them to work.
you may have to play a while to make sure you've got the right one.
Tom te tom te tom


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