I just started using Linux and as such do not have a proper knowledge of how to use the command line and all of those sorts of things, so please try to bear with me :).
I have been able to connect to my house WiFi since I first started using this computer, but for some reason after a restart, i could no longer connect to WiFi as when I am asked for a password I can only enter one which is either 5 or 14 characters long.
I looked up a number of guides on the subject, this seeming to fit the description perfectly:
Wifi only accepts passwords of 5 or 13 characters
I have tried since then changing my wireless setting for my network back to WPA, which it allows me to do. However when I try to connect to the internet, it gets stuck in the same place, and if I try to view it under my wireless connections, my computer will for some reason have created a new log of this network.
By this I mean, I will have changed the settings to WPA on "My-WiFi", and when it tries to connect it will create a new WEP connection called "My-WiFi 1".
Tried a few fixes but none have worked :/.
wicd
. The procedure would be: 1. Connect the computer to the internet via an ethernet cable. 2. Uninstallnetwork-manager
, backing up any passwords. 3. Installwicd
. If it works, keep it, if not, uninstall it and installnetwork-manager
back. Disclaimer: I use Debian. I don't know how Ubuntu handles network managing. It should all run smoothly, but issues may occur due to uninstallingnetwork-manager
.