Connection impossible

[Matt Palmer]

On Fri, Aug 05, 2005 at 08:41:08AM +1000, James Gray wrote:
> I have a HP lappy with the IPW2200B/G chipset.  Basically you need to set the 
> ESSID and the KEY *before* trying to bring up the interface.  So try it 
> manually first:
> 
> sudo iwconfig eth0 essid <YOUR-ESSID>
> sudo iwconfig eth0 key <YOUR-128bit-WEP-KEY>

I found that the IPW2200 driver didn't like just the key, I had to
explicitly set restricted mode as well before it would talk to the AP, like
so:

sudo iwconfig eth0 key restricted <WEP-KEY>

> --- /etc/network/interfaces ---
> # Start loopback and eth0 at boot
> auto lo eth0
> 
> # Lopback config
> iface lo inet loopback
> 
> # eth0 config - Wireless IPW2200 interface
> iface eth0 inet dhcp
>     # My Office
>     wireless-essid      <YOUR-ESSID>
>     wireless-key        <YOUR-128bit-WEP-KEY>

And again:

wireless-key restricted <WEP-KEY>

I'm not sure why the IPW2200 driver doesn't just realise that I want an
encrypted connection because I set a key, but there was a few minutes of
swearing at my new laptop before I realised the problem.

- Matt

-- 
(And don't even mention the Army Of Cultists that pop up every time you
claim that it might be less than absolutely perfect for every purpose ever
conceived.)
		-- Dave Brown, ASR, on MacOS X
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 189 bytes
Desc: Digital signature
URL: <https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/attachments/20050806/934f5365/attachment.sig>