Sprint mobile hotspot not connecting.

Dialog box: Wireless Network Authentication Required. Password or encryption keys are required,etc. Then,

Wireless security. Disabled drop down box. Connect button diminished. Dialog box end.

The password has been entered in System>Network Connections.

SSID is properly entered. Mode is Ad-hoc. Security is WPA & WPA2 Personal.

Also unable to connect at friends home WiFi.

Wireless at University of Minnesota connected quickly. Web based authentication required after signal connects.

Sprint Mobile HotSpot (HTC EVO Droid) connects when set to WEP (128) 13 character (single character) password. No changes made to Network Connections on eeepc 1000 whatsoever. It just hooked up. I entered the simple password when the dialog box came up.

A new wireless network named Auto (Name of my Network) appeared in Network Connections.

I guess this is fine because it is only turned on for brief periods when using the notebook.

At home returned Sprint HotSpot setting to WPA2 with a complex password. iMac was already connected. I booted up the eeepc then selected my network from the list and entered the password when the dialog box came up. It connected.

In System> Network Connections> Wireless there is a new connection named Auto (Name of My Network). I deleted the previous connections I added which did not work.

RE: "Sprint Mobile HotSpot (HTC EVO Droid) connects when set to WEP (128) 13 character (single character) password."

I wouldn't recommend using WEP, it is a much weaker encryption and that's why you mostly see WPA being used. Have you got this working with WPA yet?

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