Ubuntu Dapper Drake Wireless Connection

Impressed by the ease connecting to wireless networks when I serviced a friend's Macbook recently, I got myself a Netgear router (my Linksys router wouldn't work with WPA) to see if I could replicate what I saw on OSX.



















Connected with WPA2 and firewall protection - That was so easy.


Click on the following link for full instructions:

http://fredericiana.com/2006/06/11/ubuntu-dapper-drake-and-wpa-encrypted-wireless/

In short: Nine seven steps to WPA encrypted Wifi with Ubuntu Dapper Drake:

1. sudo apt-get install wpasupplicant (might already be installed)
2. (You might have to do a sudo apt-get update in order to fetch the newest metadata for apt-get)
3. sudo apt-get install network-manager-gnome
4. sudo gedit /etc/network/interfaces — Comment out everything but “lo” entries in that file
5. Create a file called /etc/default/wpasupplicant, add entry ENABLED=0
6. Reboot your system
7. Left-click the network manager icon in Gnome and select your wireless network
8. Follow the prompts for password, type, etc.
9. It will ask you to choose a password for your new “keyring”.
10. Be happy