[Cialug] simple Linux laptop needed

[Josh More]

WPA2 works flawlessly on my Lenovo ThinkPad X61.

Based on that experience, I had thought that it would work well
everywhere.  Boy was I wrong.

If it works, it works easily.  At this point, if I can't get it work in
5 mins, I assume that it just won't work.  The hours and hours that I've
spent on this past the first 5 mins haven't gotten me anywhere at all.

(As an aside to all of you that aren't using WPA2 yet.  I can get into
your networks.  So can people less ethical than me.  Upgrade to WPA2. 
(Or to 802.11i, which is the same thing.))





-Josh More, RHCE, CISSP, NCLP, GIAC 
 morej at alliancetechnologies.net 
 515-245-7701

>>> "Daniel A. Ramaley" <daniel.ramaley at drake.edu> 01/21/10 10:49 AM >>>
On 2010-01-21 at 10:22:26, Josh More wrote:
>Wireless works fine in all modes EXCEPT for WPA2.

Related question: does anyone have a recommendation for a netbook or 
small laptop that runs Linux and supports WPA2?

How easy is WPA2 to setup on a modern Linux? I last tried Linux with a 
wireless connection probably 3 or 4 years ago. At that time wireless was

more of a hassle than it was worth.

-- 
Daniel A. Ramaley
Network Engineer 2

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