Ad hoc WEP connection

Jon Escombe lists at dresco.co.uk
Thu Apr 12 07:29:01 UTC 2007


Patton Echols wrote:
> 
> I pointed network manager at the AP, it asked for the WEP pass-phrase, 
> which I gave, no "connection".  The network monitor icons seemed to show 
> signal being exchanged, and showed signal strength, but the no actual 
> communication was going on.  Am I missing something?  Do I have to 
> configure WPA-Supplicant for each WEP I want to access too? 
> 

Hi - there's three ways of entering a WEP key for NM to use - 
pass-phrase, ASCII, or HEX. It's possible that the AP was expecting 
ACSII rather than pass-phrase?

Regards,
Jon.





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