[01:33] <qwebirc9854> I have just installed mythbuntu and its found my wireless network card but wont recognise the password for wirelses network
[17:57] <Shadow__X> hey guys i am trying to get my laptop to work as a mobile mythtv frontend but i am having alot of issues with my wireless card. It is detected and i install the drivers but it does not want to easily connect to my wireless network (it will try numerous times then eventually connect wpa2/aes). The laptop is a dell m6400 the wireless is a dell wireless 1510 wireless n(broadcomm 4322) ubuntu 10.04
[18:03] <Shadow__X> I am sure the wireless password is correct and i am able to connect to wireless on the same machine in windows 7
[18:04] <rhpot1991> Shadow__X: did you install the restricted driver?
[18:06] <Shadow__X> rhpot1991: that i did i installed the broadcomm sta driver it comes up in wireless manager and scans and it attempts to connect to the network and at times actually does connect but for the most part it just keeps retrying
[18:06] <Shadow__X> i have tried reinstalling with the same effect so i am just unsure whats going on
[18:06] <rhpot1991> Shadow__X: disable authentication on your router and try then, should work better.  after that make sure its not using tkip auth
[18:07] <Shadow__X> rhpot1991: uh its wpa2/aes though and everything else connects fine
[18:07] <rhpot1991> my one n network will establish a connection but I get a ! on the network manager applet
[18:08] <rhpot1991> the onther one is all good
[18:08] <rhpot1991> the first one tends to disconnect and refuse to connect sometimes
[18:08] <Shadow__X> hmm
[18:09] <Shadow__X> so what does that mean? its in my opinion not my router everything else connects fine( my macbook over n,my other wireless devices and this machine works fine in windows 7)
[18:09] <rhpot1991> I had better results once I forced aes, and broadcom told me it falls back to 802.11g if it sees tkip
[18:10] <Shadow__X> rhpot1991: right i agree but it is only wpa2/aes
[18:10] <rhpot1991> and my networks above the problematic one is 5ghz, the one that works fine is 2.4ghz
[18:10] <rhpot1991> Shadow__X: positive its not aes+tkip or anything weird?
[18:10] <Shadow__X> mine is 2.4ghz
[18:11] <Shadow__X> yes i checked its wpa2 only and AES
[18:11] <Shadow__X> not aes and tkip
[18:11] <rhpot1991> disable your security for 10 minutes and see if that helps
[18:12] <Shadow__X> but i am not going to run my router without security. What are you thinking something needs to be flushed out or something?
[18:13] <rhpot1991> I'm apparently using WPA/WPA2 Personal (PSK) mixed mode
[18:14] <rhpot1991> Shadow__X: I'm not saying to keep it like that
[18:14] <rhpot1991> you do it for 10 minutes see if your connection is good like that
[18:14] <Shadow__X> yeah i am not i am using wpa2 only
[18:14] <Shadow__X> right
[18:14] <rhpot1991> then add security back, tweak some settings till its happy
[18:14] <Shadow__X> honestly i think its the wireless manager not liking wpa2
[18:14] <rhpot1991> set it to mixed
[18:14] <Shadow__X> because when it keeps asking for the passphrase it says wpa/wpa2
[18:14] <rhpot1991> I think on my parent's linksys I had to do that to get a decent connection
[18:14] <Shadow__X> wpa is crackable
[18:15] <Shadow__X> the sad part is years ago even with wpa2 and aes it worked with ndiswrapper
[18:16] <rhpot1991> you really at that much risk of someone messing with your wifi?
[18:16] <Shadow__X> i rather not take the risk
[18:16] <Shadow__X> just like even though i live in a seemingly safe neighborhood i still use security systems
[18:17] <rhpot1991> well its worth a try to see if it helps at least you will be closer to a solution than just staring at a non working connection
[18:18] <Shadow__X> or couldnt i try another wireless manager that has fixed my issue in the past
[18:20] <rhpot1991> you could
[18:20] <rhpot1991> I tried that as well little luck
[18:21] <rhpot1991> you could look at ndiswrapper, but it requires xp drivers, which may not exist for your card
[18:22] <rhpot1991> also streaming over wifi sucks, but thats a headache for later :)
[18:24] <Shadow__X> rhpot1991: yeah i know i did all those things in the past i have had an n card since 2006 and linux drivers it seems like have come a bit since then
[18:40] <Shadow__X> rhpot1991: interesting thing so i had an identical routeri was testing with and with encryption was having an issue
[18:40] <Shadow__X> and what fixed the issue was unselecting wireless in the network manager then reselecting it
[19:09] <Shadow__X> rhpot1991: it works now but is more like g speeds :(
[19:09] <rhpot1991> Shadow__X: how are you testing speeds?
[19:09] <Shadow__X> copying a file?
[19:10] <rhpot1991> whats "more like g speeds" ?
[19:10] <rhpot1991> Shadow__X: check out iperf
[19:10] <Shadow__X> 3MB/sec instead of around 7-8MB/sec on the same machine in windows
[19:10] <rhpot1991> I used that to test, I was breaking g speeds on both
[19:10] <Shadow__X> or 8-10 on my macbook with the same chipset
[19:10] <rhpot1991> 5ghz speed was quite a bit better though
[19:11] <rhpot1991> (when it worked)
[19:11] <Shadow__X> i am getting reliable over 8.5 on 2.4ghz
[19:11] <Shadow__X> how should i test using iperf
[19:12] <rhpot1991> you install it on 2 boxes
[19:13] <rhpot1991> run the server on one, client on the other
[19:13] <rhpot1991> and it tests for you
[19:14] <Shadow__X> ah ok but its not like its going to be going at 7MB/sec because i care about xfer speeds i am moving files back and forth