8.04, cant't connect to wireless net with WEP key

[Mark Greenwood]

On Friday 03 April 2009 23:04:59 Uwe Brauer wrote:
> Hello
> 
> this is odd. I can connect to every open wireless net, I even can 
> connect to wireless net using WPA 2 keys.
> 
> But I tried to connect to a network with WEP enabled and finally the 
> connection gets refused.
> 
> I can perfectly connect using MS XP, so I am wondering that may be 
> knetworkmanager does not transmit the key undamaged.
> 
> Or can somebody point me out how to connect to a wireless net with
> WEP using other tools than knetworkmanager.
> 
> no nm-applet does not work neither.
> 
> thanks
> 
> Uwe Brauer
> 
> 
I'm not using 8.04, but I spent literally hours and hours trying to get my wireless to work on 9.04 until I noticed a setting in networkmanager - "Key Type" was set to 'passphrase' by default. I changed it to 'Hex Key' and, since I'd been entering my Hex Key, it suddenly started working. D'Oh! :)

Mark