wep & give up ubuntu

[Michael R. Head]

On Fri, 2006-02-24 at 13:40 -0800, Camuzat Sebastien wrote:
> Hi Philip,
> the unencrypted wireless connexion works perfectly.
> 
> Ive tried :
> - to modify etc/network/interfaces manually or
> graphically (network-admin)
> - to input my 10 digits key dashed every 4 digits
> - to input s:<key> with my 10 digits (64 bits) wep key
> - to input the key as is
> - to connect with gtkwifi, kwifimanager...
> - to run knoppix 3.8.1
> - to encrypt with 128bits hex 


Try the network-manager package. It's worked fine for me on my hardware.

> all that, unsuccessfully !
> :-(
> But on the other hand, win$ saddly supports my WEP
> encryption.
> 
> snif snif. i dont wanna lose my ubuntu...
> sc
> 
> 
> --- Philip Axer <paxer at nyware.de> wrote:
> 
> > What exactly doesn't work, and what have you already
> > tried?
> > WEP should be no big problem under linux!
> > 
> > If no graphical setup tools works, just try to
> > modify 
> > /etc/network/interfaces by yourself.
> > 
> > If you have no idea what to do now, just read this:
> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WifiDocs
> > 
> > Philip
> > 
> > Camuzat Sebastien wrote:
> > > Hi everyone !
> > > Im very disappointed because I will have to give
> > up
> > > ubuntu, on my 2 computers. 
> > >
> > > In fact within a few days, Ill move my computers
> > in a
> > > place where internet connexion is wireless only.
> > >
> > > Under Ubuntu I did not solve the wep encryption,
> > and I
> > > do not want to deactivate (wep) encryption.
> > >
> > > Ive tried gtkwifi, kwifimanager, tips given in
> > this
> > > mailing-list, nothing works. Two cards, one
> > intersil
> > > recognized out of the box, the other works with
> > > ndiswrapper.
> > >
> > > My router does not allow dhcp when the signal is
> > > encrypted by ubuntu.
> > >
> > >
> > > Seb
> > >
> > >
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Michael R. Head <burner at suppressingfire.org>
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