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New to linux, wireless connection problems
i picked up an asrock ion 330 a couple of days ago. this will be used in my lounge mainly for watching films and internet use. having wanted to try linux for a while i thought i may aswell give it a go on this before possibly making a mistake on my other pc!
anyhoo, i opted for linux mint as this seems to be as good a starting point as any. installed fine form the live cd. plug in the usb wireless adaptor (linksys wusb54gr) and it seems to be working. the wireless icon has appeared on the desktop, and the power indicator on the adaptor is lit up.
click the wireless icon and a list of wireless networks is there, click on mine to connect to it, enter WPA key...nothing. just got the little dots and swirly thing happening. repeat messages to enter the wpa key.
there are a couple of unsecured pay per use networks (bt openzone) so i tried connecting to one of them. no problems.
is there any reason that linux doesnt seem to like me connecting to my home network?
thanks for any help offered.
EDIT: Updated, see post 6
i picked up an asrock ion 330 a couple of days ago. this will be used in my lounge mainly for watching films and internet use. having wanted to try linux for a while i thought i may aswell give it a go on this before possibly making a mistake on my other pc!
anyhoo, i opted for linux mint as this seems to be as good a starting point as any. installed fine form the live cd. plug in the usb wireless adaptor (linksys wusb54gr) and it seems to be working. the wireless icon has appeared on the desktop, and the power indicator on the adaptor is lit up.
click the wireless icon and a list of wireless networks is there, click on mine to connect to it, enter WPA key...nothing. just got the little dots and swirly thing happening. repeat messages to enter the wpa key.
there are a couple of unsecured pay per use networks (bt openzone) so i tried connecting to one of them. no problems.
is there any reason that linux doesnt seem to like me connecting to my home network?
thanks for any help offered.
EDIT: Updated, see post 6
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