[Discuss] Cannot connect to TELUS WiFi

[pw]

Hello,

We have Telus WiFi router and just use WPA,etc.. Not sure why you would 
use infrastructure mode. Just alter your router settings to use SSID and 
a key(s). Works here with linux. Kubuntu 15~ish .

P


On 16-07-19 04:52 PM, Murray Strome wrote:
> Update: I have now tried running Ubuntu 16.04 from a Live USB and it has
> the same problem as my installed system. Again, "Infrastructure" Mode is
> not an available option and none of the available modes will allow me to
> connect.  Something seems to have changed between 15.04 and 16.04 which
> causes this problem.
>
> I don't know if the TELUS system in Victoria is the same as in Calgary,
> but wonder if anyone else has come across this problem, and if so how
> was it fixed.
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Murray
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Murray Strome <wmstrome at shaw.ca>
> To: discuss at vlug.org
> Sent: Tue, 19 Jul 2016 11:21:32 -0600 (MDT)
> Subject: [Discuss] Cannot connect to TELUS WiFi
>
> I am visiting my sister and trying to connect to her TELUS WiFi from
> XUbuntu 16.04 without success. I can connect OK with Windows 7, Windows
> 10, Android Smart Phone, and iPad mini as well as from a Live USB
> XUbuntu 15.04.  The only difference I can see in the WiFi settings in
> the installed version of 16.04 and the Live version of 15.04 is that
> when I edit the settings for this network, in the installed version
> (which does not work), under the WiFi tab, the "Mode" options available are:
> Client
> Hotspot
> Ad-hoc
>
> I have tried them all, but Client is the only one that gives me WPA &
> WPA2 Personal option under WiFi Security. None work.
>
> In the 15.04 Live system (which does connect OK), the Mode options are:
> Infrastructure
> Ad-hoc
>
> Infrastructure is the mode that works. I called TELUS Customer Support.
> The agent told me that they don not support LINUX, and in the three
> years he has worked there, I was the first one to use LINUX, but that he
> was pretty certain that the mode must be "Infrastructure".
>
> So, my question is "how do I get Infrastructure mode" in the installed
> LINUX system? Is there something I can copy from the live installation
> over to the appropriate place on the drive containing the installed
> system? Or is there some other way to get that Mode on the installed system.
>
> Thanks for any assistance.
>
> Murray
>
>
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