WPA personal network help for iMac w/ Ubuntu

[sean]

Hi guys,
I recently installed Ubuntu 6.06.1 on my old iMac g3 400 (w/ Airport card 80211.b). My home network is setup w/ Airport express using WPA personal I am also using MAC address filtering at the router level.
Can someone please point me to a simple walkthrough on how I can connect to WPA? I have spent too long browsing through message boards on Ubuntu and haven't found the solution for my machine. Although people say it can be done.
I figured out how to install Network Manager and it seems to work although it only gives me the option to join WEP networks. Right now I'm mooching off of my neighbor's network. However I want to make this work w/ WPA if at all possible so I can get back on my network.
Any advice appreciated!

Sean

[WMD]

Last I checked (which was addmittedly a long time ago), you need to install a separate daemon for WPA support: http://hostap.epitest.fi/wpa_supplicant/

Once you have that, I don't know much about getting it working, as I've never had such a network to connect to.  It appears to have a GUI component, but I can't say how well it works.

Good luck!

[H_TeXMeX_H]

http://www.itlabs.umn.edu/help/network/wireless-linux-wpa.php

Ubuntu Linux WPA

  These instructions assume that you are running Ubuntu 6.06 or newer.

  If you do not see a network icon near your power information in gnome, you'll need to install network-manager-gnome. After installing the package logout and lock back in and network manager should appear. For Network Manager to work, you'll want to edit /etc/network/interfaces and comment out all 'auto' configuration directives that do not references 'lo'.

  Next, left click on the network manager icon and choose "Connect to other wireless network...". Then, enter "EECS-WPA" for the network name and choose "WPA Enterprise" for wireless security. The dialog box will change to look like the one below. Enter the username given by the wireless access tool in the identity text entry box. Enter the password in the password text entry box. Lastly, choose CA Certificate File and choose /etc/ssl/certs/Thawte_Premium_Server_CA.pem. Click connect to attempt a connection.

[sean]

Thanks for the replies. But I still couldn't figure it out and my patience has run out.

I couldn't even get Ubuntu to talk to a WEP network. The only thing I could do was take away all the security on my Airport. After deciding I didn't need a crash course in Linux terminal, I decided to come back home to my friend OSX, and re-loaded Tiger.
Needless to say I have no more worries. Just a Mac that works :thumbup:

[piratePenguin]

Ubuntu 6.10 (scheduled for November) will ship the legendary NetworkManager which would help.

Why they didn't stick it in 6.06, I dunno.

[H_TeXMeX_H]

Hah, FC5 ships with it installed (maybe even FC4)

and they say Ubuntu is better ...

[piratePenguin]

Hah, FC5 ships with it installed (maybe even FC4)

and they say Ubuntu is better ...

It was developed by a guy at Red Hat.

Ubuntu still should've shipped it though. It should work with WEP outta the box for sure.

[sean]

Ubuntu 6.10 (scheduled for November) will ship the legendary NetworkManager which would help.

Why they didn't stick it in 6.06, I dunno.

I'll wait and see what people have to say about it. I liked the GUI and I would try it again if I knew it would work the first try!  :rolleyes:
I don't mind switching back and forth on this old G3- it's just my spare computer.