Since i got trouble while connecting to wireless network with given parameters in linux, i tried a lot of ways to get my internet working.
So, the problem is: Windows Network manager have special option – Key index. The index is transmitted with the encrypted message. The receiver then looks-up the key corresponding to the transmitted index and uses it to decrypt the message. But linux (ubuntu) network managers i`ve tried have no key index field, so there is no way to set it up properly with gui. Connection won`t work if index value set to incorrect value.
After giving up to find any useful gui program i wrote small shell script only for one network (because i have no access to router and no chance to improve some security settings):
#!/bin/bash # settings interface="ath0" # wireless interface, default to wlan0 essid="NETWORK_NAME_HERE" key="YOUR_KEY_HERE" index="4" # can be [1..4] # check permission if [ "$(id -u)" != "0" ]; then echo "Run this script under root" 1>&2 exit 1 fi # show information echo "Settings:" echo "-> Interface: $interface" echo "-> Wifi ESSID: $essid" echo "-> Key: $key" echo "-> Key Index: $index" # perform association ifconfig $interface down iwconfig $interface essid $essid iwconfig $interface key $key [$index] iwconfig $interface key [$index] ifconfig $interface up dhclient $interface
Download shell script – http://files.sosedoff.com/9591756c/