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

David McGlone david at dmcentral.net
Sun Apr 5 02:15:45 UTC 2009


On Saturday 04 April 2009 5:20:46 pm Uwe Brauer wrote:
> David McGlone wrote:
> > 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
> >
> > 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.
>
> you are aware of the fact that people may still sniff around in your net
> work if you restrict the access this way?

somewhat yeah. but living out in almost the middle of nowhere, well they'd 
have to be crazy to waste a tank of gas for virtually nothing. :-)
>
>
> BTW (slightly off topic) in some places as as airport I have been
> confronted with a third way of connection.
> It seems like a open wireless network,  but once you open a browser and
> try to connect, then a access page is open in which you have to type
> user
> password.
>
> what sort of configuration is this and how secure is this.
>
> Uwe





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