[Discuss] ASUS EEE

[DR]

WPA-PSK - Wireless Protected Access Pre-Shared Key.  WPA is a 
replacement for WEP which stands for Wired Equivalent Privacy.  WEP is 
just too easy to hack so it has been replaced by WPA.  WPA comes in 2 
flavors - PSK which means that everybody that connects uses the same 
password and enterprise which uses a different userid and password for 
each user and thus a different encryption of the data stream.  WPA 
Enterprise is not well supported by the various OS's as far as I know 
other than XP.  For this reason most public/open implementations of 
wireless use either WEP or WPA-PSK, so you don't need to carry your 
router around.  I just fired up my $15 router at home so that I could 
connect, and am not willing to change my normal home system from 
WPA-Enterprise.  I am still learning things about it.

London Drugs had a Boxing Week special of $14.95 some no name thing.  I 
bought one just cause it might come in handy, but it is still in the 
plastic wrap so I have no comment on its value.   Watch the ads these 
things show up from Future Shop, London Drugs, ... fairly often.

It occurs to me, since you asked this question, that you are attempting 
to connect to a wireless router that is not yours. If this is the case, 
the router  will most likely be:

WEP with or without password.
WPA with  or without password.
open no passwords but with MAC (I forget the meaning of the acronym, but 
it is the ethernet hardware address of the wireless device) filtering - 
means you have to register your MAC address with whomever is running the 
router.  If this is the case ask again and I will tell you how to find 
the MAC address.

The EEE PC supports both WEP and WPA With or without encryption (read 
password).  Click the appropriate boxes.

Hope this helps.

Deid


Yves Bajard wrote:
> Well, on Tursday, Januaray 3, 2008 à 20:36 -0800, brent sirna wrote:
> écrit :
>> On Thu, 2008-01-03 at 15:28 -0800, Andrew Willard wrote:
>>> Gerry Rozema wrote:
>>>> Where did you get it ?
>>>>
>>>> I'm looking for a source on the island, victoria to nanaimo or anywhere 
>>>> in between that has them in stock.  Would like to go get one today, and 
>>>> tesseract is out of stock.
>>> Here is a used unit... one stuck pixel, might be ok depended on where it's
>>> stuck on/off and it's colour:
>>> http://www.usedvictoria.com/classified-ad/4623159&category=pc-laptops
>>>
>>> However if you want new you're better off going to NCIX or someplace
>>> like it... the local prices are inflated.
>>> http://www.ncix.com/search/?q=asus+eee&minprice=Min.+Price&maxprice=Max.+Price
>>>
>>> What about Paradon? They had some in stock awhile ago... may still?
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>> The few places in Victoria that I saw the ASUS EEE at:
>>
>> Teseract ( AKA Compusmart ) Computers
>> A&B Sound
>> DTI Computers
>>
>> you could also try 
>>
>> Mother Computers.
>>
>> Brent
>>
> 
> This series of message is coming in the same thread as the question I
> rose yesterday night. I received one reply (thank you Deid) at 06:23
> this morning, that said:
> 
> "In mine the sound and wireless worked out of the box.
> 
> For wireless click on the network icon under the Internet tab and go 
> from there.  I am using WPA-PSK supplied by some no name $15 wireless 
> router.  The EEE PC does not seem to work with my normal home wireless 
> where I have implemented WPA using  EAP and 802.1X (radius)
> authentication.
> 
> Sound  - I Used Music Manager under the Play Icon.  It worked after I 
> told Music Manager where to find the files on a USB stick.
> 
> 
> As for your other questions, there has been discussion of most if not 
> all of them on http://www.eeeuser.com/.  Suggest you take a look.  It is
> a wealth of information.
> 
> Deid"
> 
> I have started making use of this advice, with still a few questions:
> 1. When I am travelling abroad, do I need to travel with my own router,
> which I would have to clutch into a 100 MBs cable? Or can I hope to
> connect with the diffuse wireless fields one finds in airports and
> hotels?
> 2. What is the meaning of WPA-PSK? in plain English?
> 3. Where could I find the magic no name $15 wireless router?
> 
> I am surfing through http://www.eeeuser.com/.....
> 
> I still have not succeeded in setting up the sound and am still stuck
> with the Wireless connection.. so here is the initial question again,
> with the hope that more replies will be forthcoming..:
> 
> "I just bought a ASUS EEE and find that it is an attractive little
> machine. 
> 
> However, I have not managed to 
>       * get the sound on 
>       * connect in wireless. 
> 
> I would appreciate some help from one of the gurus on this list (in the
> Victoria area) to resolve these questions and perhaps a few others: such
> as 
>       * replacing open office in US version by Open Office in French
>         with a few dictionaries,  
>       * appropriateness of adding a USB stick with Mandriva 7.0 on the
>         side
>       * how we can have grub or lilo installed. to change system. 
>       * appropriateness of adding a 4 GB har disk in the machine
>       * adding win XP on the 80 GB external HD on which I will put my
>         (duly pruned) /home and /common folders where I have (perhaps)
>         useful software package and my data files for use when I travel 
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> And A Happy New Year to all of you. 
> 
> 
> Yves Bajard"
> 
> By the way, I saw two ASUS EEE on the shelves at Tesseract tonight..
> 
> Good night
> 
> 
> Yves Bajard
> 
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