I’ve noticed many people are having problems with EeePC WPA. The first is simple fix that will hopefully get into the next version of the Xandros-based OS for those that have spaces and other characters in their wpa passkey (psk):
On line 50 of /usb/sbin/xandros-wpa-config add double quotes around:
PSKOUT=`/usr/sbin/wpa_passphrase "$ESSID" $WPA_KEY`
becomes:
PSKOUT=`/usr/sbin/wpa_passphrase "$ESSID" "$WPA_KEY"`
You could also install a real linux distro, one with a community and that is Free Software.
Like Hub said, a better distro solves the problem. I’m running eeeXubuntu happily. I’ve also heard of eeedora, but have no experience.
Good point all…I can’t diverge from the distro for undisclosed reason
Apparently there are other problems with the eeePC WPA, not just the missing quotes. The following page helped in my case:
http://wiki.eeeuser.com/wpa_default_xandros
umm, ok, so im a hardcore noob at computer stuff and whatnot, but id like to start, so i kind of have to teach myself, but i sort of need a connection, yes? yes,, so maybe if you could, could someone email me some really detailed step by step instructions on how to fix this? aseasily as you can, please, idappreciate it. Thanks!
email: murdockt@yahoo.com