tp-link router, Broadcom BCM4318(802.11g) (Solved)

[bambuko]

I have (full) installed Tahr 6.0 on my laptop and tried to connect to LAN
Router is set with WPA2, my own password(key) works on other computers, but here in Puppy I am being told that it must be between 8 and 63 characters (it is 7 and works fine for me on all other machines).
Scanning wireless networks shows mine as available (Master; Encryption:on)
Test of wlan0 shows "unable to connect to a wireless network"
Tried all the tools to no avail...
tried loading some "modules"

very frustrating

[rcrsn51]

my own password(key) works on other computers, but here in Puppy I am being told that it must be between 8 and 63 characters (it is 7 and works fine for me on all other machines).

Does this mean other Windows machines or other Linux machines?

It appears that the (8..63) requirement comes from wpa_supplicant, which is the Linux tool for authenticating to the router. It is not a specific Puppy problem.

[bambuko]

It means other windows machines and also windows installed on the same laptop as the one I am trying tahrpup 6.0

I also searched the forum bit more and following the search I did:

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pccardctl status

and got the following:

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Socket 0:
no card
Socket 1:
no card

which is a bit puzzling (but than a lot is puzzling to me )

[bambuko]

Panic over - it was my own stupidity
I was using wrong shared key (not something I had to do on windows hence my confusion).

What I had to do actually, was to login into TP-Link and look up wireless security and find PSK Password (which is actually what I needed).

All is working fine.

Thank you for your help (which was not made easy with me being confused - sorry)

[bigpup]

I wise man said:

You must be smarter than the equipment you are operating.

Is that possible with computers

[bambuko]

too many bloody passwords