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

[David McGlone]

On Friday 03 April 2009 7:05:48 pm Mark Greenwood wrote:
> On Saturday 04 April 2009 00:27:42 Uwe Brauer wrote:
> > Mark Greenwood wrote:
> > > 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
> >
> > Hm I must ask a very silly question, suppose the key is is set to HEX
> > but the passwd is
> > MyHexPa55w0rd
> >
> > shall I then type MyHexPa55w0rd or the
> > hex aquivalent of MyHexPa55w0rd which might be
> > 4d 79 48 65 78 50 61 35 35 77 30 72 64
> >
> >
> > Uwe
>
> If your key is 'MyHexPa55w0rd' then that is a passphrase, not a hex key..
> :) In which case you would need to set Key Type to 'Passphrase'.
>
> I've only ever used Hex Keys - my router gives me the option of a 10-digit
> hex key (eg 01 23 45 AB CD) or a Passphrase (eg MyHexPa55w0rd). I always
> use the 10 digit Hex Key because I've always had trouble with getting
> Passphrases to work.
>
> What happens 'behind the scenes' when you use a passphrase is that some
> algorithm turns it into a hex key anyway.

I found that the passphrase doesn't work. I can't even remember how far back 
if at all it even worked. I have always had to enter the hex key.

now days I quit using encryption all together and just use mac address 
filtering.