WEP not possible on certain wiki adaptors?

Tue Mar 18 18:21:14 UTC 2008

A neighbor has installed Ubuntu on his desktop machine. He connects to
his wifi router with an Edimax rt73usb USB dongle. In Windows XP
Cracked Edition he connects to the router just fine, with WEP
encryption. However, in Ubuntu, he reports that he 'sees' the router,
but cannot connect with WEP. He says that he cannot configure the
router to not use encryption. I will go over this evening to look at
his setup, but I need to know what could the possible culprits be?

The last time I was over there, I got this kernel log:
Feb 24 23:53:57 garry-desktop kernel: [   17.084000] input: ImExPS/2
Generic Explorer Mouse as /class/input/input3
Feb 24 23:53:57 garry-desktop kernel: [   17.100000] iTCO_wdt: Found a
ICH8 or ICH8R TCO device (Version=2, TCOBASE=0x0460)
Feb 24 23:53:57 garry-desktop kernel: [   17.100000] iTCO_wdt:
initialized. heartbeat=30 sec (nowayout=0)
Feb 24 23:53:57 garry-desktop kernel: [   17.104000] parport_pc 00:0a:
reported by Plug and Play ACPI
Feb 24 23:53:57 garry-desktop kernel: [   17.104000] parport0:
PC-style at 0x378, irq 7 [PCSPP,TRISTATE]
Feb 24 23:53:57 garry-desktop kernel: [   17.272000] usbcore:
registered new interface driver snd-usb-audio
Feb 24 23:53:57 garry-desktop kernel: [   17.308000] ACPI: PCI
Interrupt 0000:00:1b.0[A] -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 22
Feb 24 23:53:57 garry-desktop kernel: [   17.308000] PCI: Setting
latency timer of device 0000:00:1b.0 to 64
Feb 24 23:53:57 garry-desktop kernel: [   17.328000] nvidia: module
license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
Feb 24 23:53:57 garry-desktop kernel: [   17.520000] hda_codec:
Unknown model for ALC883, trying auto-probe from BIOS...
Feb 24 23:53:57 garry-desktop kernel: [   17.636000] ACPI: PCI
Interrupt 0000:01:00.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
Feb 24 23:53:57 garry-desktop kernel: [   17.636000] PCI: Setting
latency timer of device 0000:01:00.0 to 64
Feb 24 23:53:57 garry-desktop kernel: [   17.636000] NVRM: loading
NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module  100.14.19  Wed Sep 12 14:12:24 PDT 2007
Feb 24 23:53:57 garry-desktop kernel: [   17.780000] ieee80211_init:
failed to initialize WME (err=-17)
Feb 24 23:53:57 garry-desktop kernel: [   17.808000]
iwlwifi_rc80211_simple: Unknown symbol
iwlwifi_ieee80211_rate_control_unregister
Feb 24 23:53:57 garry-desktop kernel: [   17.808000]
iwlwifi_rc80211_simple: Unknown symbol iwlwifi_sta_info_put
Feb 24 23:53:57 garry-desktop kernel: [   17.808000]
iwlwifi_rc80211_simple: Unknown symbol iwlwifi_sta_info_get
Feb 24 23:53:57 garry-desktop kernel: [   17.808000]
iwlwifi_rc80211_simple: Unknown symbol
iwlwifi_ieee80211_rate_control_register
Feb 24 23:53:57 garry-desktop kernel: [   17.808000] wmaster0:
Selected rate control algorithm 'simple'
Feb 24 23:53:57 garry-desktop kernel: [   17.892000] usbcore:
registered new interface driver rt2500usb
Feb 24 23:53:57 garry-desktop kernel: [   17.908000] usbcore:
registered new interface driver rt73usb
Feb 24 23:53:57 garry-desktop kernel: [   18.112000] lp0: using
parport0 (interrupt-driven).
Feb 24 23:53:57 garry-desktop kernel: [   18.168000] Adding 2441872k
swap on /dev/sda3.  Priority:-1 extents:1 across:2441872k
Feb 24 23:53:57 garry-desktop kernel: [   18.328000] EXT3 FS on sda1,
internal journal
Feb 24 23:53:57 garry-desktop kernel: [   18.808000] kjournald
starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
Feb 24 23:53:57 garry-desktop kernel: [   18.808000] EXT3 FS on sda4,
internal journal
Feb 24 23:53:57 garry-desktop kernel: [   18.808000] EXT3-fs: mounted
filesystem with ordered data mode.
Feb 24 23:53:57 garry-desktop kernel: [   19.400000] No dock devices found.
Feb 24 23:53:57 garry-desktop kernel: [   19.440000] input: Power
Button (FF) as /class/input/input4
Feb 24 23:53:57 garry-desktop kernel: [   19.440000] ACPI: Power
Button (FF) [PWRF]
Feb 24 23:53:57 garry-desktop kernel: [   19.440000] input: Power
Button (CM) as /class/input/input5
Feb 24 23:53:57 garry-desktop kernel: [   19.440000] ACPI: Power
Button (CM) [PWRB]
Feb 24 23:53:57 garry-desktop kernel: [   20.616000] ppdev: user-space
parallel port driver
Feb 24 23:53:57 garry-desktop kernel: [   20.708000]
audit(1203890037.716:3):  type=1503 operation="inode_permission"
requested_mask="a" denied_mask="a" name="/dev/tty" pid=5335
profile="/usr/sbin/cupsd"
Feb 24 23:53:57 garry-desktop kernel: [   20.744000] apm: BIOS version
1.2 Flags 0x07 (Driver version 1.16ac)
Feb 24 23:53:57 garry-desktop kernel: [   20.744000] apm: disabled -
APM is not SMP safe.
Feb 24 23:53:58 garry-desktop kernel: [   20.972000] r8169: eth0: link up
Feb 24 23:53:58 garry-desktop kernel: [   21.028000] Failure
registering capabilities with primary security module.
Feb 24 23:53:58 garry-desktop kernel: [   21.244000] phy0 ->
rt2500usb_enable_radio: Error - Register initialization failed.
Feb 24 23:53:58 garry-desktop kernel: [   21.288000] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.11
Feb 24 23:53:58 garry-desktop kernel: [   21.288000] NET: Registered
protocol family 31
Feb 24 23:53:58 garry-desktop kernel: [   21.288000] Bluetooth: HCI
device and connection manager initialized
Feb 24 23:53:58 garry-desktop kernel: [   21.288000] Bluetooth: HCI
socket layer initialized
Feb 24 23:53:58 garry-desktop kernel: [   21.364000] Bluetooth: L2CAP ver 2.8
Feb 24 23:53:58 garry-desktop kernel: [   21.364000] Bluetooth: L2CAP
socket layer initialized
Feb 24 23:53:58 garry-desktop kernel: [   21.472000] Bluetooth: RFCOMM
socket layer initialized
Feb 24 23:53:58 garry-desktop kernel: [   21.472000] Bluetooth: RFCOMM
TTY layer initialized
Feb 24 23:53:58 garry-desktop kernel: [   21.472000] Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.8
Feb 24 23:54:03 garry-desktop kernel: [   26.116000] NET: Registered
protocol family 17
Feb 24 23:54:07 garry-desktop kernel: [   30.272000] NET: Registered
protocol family 10
Feb 24 23:54:07 garry-desktop kernel: [   30.272000] lo: Disabled
Privacy Extensions
Feb 24 23:54:18 garry-desktop kernel: [   41.048000] eth0: no IPv6
routers present

It looks like the dongle it detected, no? What else should I check?
Thanks in advance.

Dotan Cohen

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