Re: user ID help

On Fri, 4 Feb 2005, Alexander V. Ramos wrote:

> I had to reset the router for my cable connection
> after a power failure this morning. I happened to
> choose a user name that has a space in it when
> resetting the encryption settings. Something like
> "wallyu DR" (minus the quotes). In any case, it works
> fine for Windows, but I can't connect to the router in
> Linux.
>
> I could reset it again, but what can I do if I choose
> to keep the current user name?
>
> I'm using a Linksys v. 2.8 WUSB11 USB wireless
> transmitter.
>
> Any ideas? I'm thinking that the naming convention
> used in the command line might work, but I'm not sure.
> (ex: $home> /mnt/windows/My\ Documents)
>
> Thanks for any help. :)

if you mean essid by "user ID", try to quote it in Linux, e.g.

iwconfig wlan0 essid "wallyu DR"

HTH,

Jörg