WEP encryption does not work

[John DeCarlo]

On 2/3/06, Stephen R Laniel <steve at laniels.org> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Feb 03, 2006 at 12:53:20PM -0800, Camuzat Sebastien wrote:
> > I don't understand why the WEP encryption does not
> > work under ubuntu, on my 2 wireless adapters. The
> > first is driven by ndiswrapper (netgeat ma5211, on a
> > laptop); The other one is a noname, recognized as a
> > prism54, PCI.
>
> How are you setting the key? Have you tried
>
> iwconfig [NIC] essid [your_essid] key [wep key]
>

In particular, if the WEP key is not being set correctly, you can check the
current setting by using iwconfig.

Something like

iwconfig wlan0

I have noticed that sometimes a setting doesn't seem to take hold the first
time.


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John DeCarlo, My Views Are My Own
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