Connecting to protected Hotspot
Forum: Networking
Topic: Connecting to protected Hotspot
started by: xmikeox
Posted by xmikeox on July 23 2006,15:35
Well, you see I have a LAN that is protected because plenty of people are by my house everyday and i don't want anyone using our connection, but in DSL I used prism,wiconfig etc whatever I used all that stuff but I cant figure out how to connect to my network when its password protected, keep in mind that when I hadnt protected the connection that my damnsmalllinux computer automatically connected to the internet, what am i doing wrong? I have no idea what to choose between all the network connection options in dsl? all I want to do is connect to our home based wi-fi which is password protected! ty in advance,
mike
Posted by xmikeox on July 25 2006,06:45
OMG! so many views and no one wants to help me, probably because my paragraph is unorganized and not very understandable or this issue is so difficult no one across the entire internet can answer it.Well!, here is is this is a screenshot from my router showing what options I have. Maybe a Wi-fi Protected Access key would work easier? If wiconfig even accepts those?
Because, like this snapshot shows, the option of WEP encrypts into four different codes? What confuses me is if Im suppose to enter a password to encrypt and it separates it into four different password what do I use? whats the point of my original password to be decryted into four separate code snips?
Maybe someone out there can tell me of a prog for DSL that will search for any hotspot and can let me easily select and enter the WEP or WPA
PLEASE! helllp me windows does not accept my wireless card! I hate using windows. I think it makes people more stupider and the stupider people get about technology the easier it is for big corporations like /\/\$ to cash in on money because people dont know how to do something on thier own!
Posted by kerry on July 25 2006,08:04
Just be patient xmikeox, i'm sure someone has done it and can help you. you could read this while your waiting -> < http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin....t=14581 >
Posted by xmikeox on July 26 2006,03:29
over double the views I had last night, but still. Isnt there somebody out there that usess DSL to connect to a protected hotspot and can tell me exactly what u you do?
Posted by roberts on July 26 2006,04:58
WEP has been discussed many time. Depends which tool you use.If the GUI from control panel then enter the hex digits as a single string with each pair colon seperated.
Posted by xmikeox on July 26 2006,05:22
I think this is it. Hopefully if i understand the screen below my router will block all outside mac address' besides myself and my moms laptop, while still letting me access the internet.