WEP on wireless

[scott]

Nils Kassube wrote:
> scott wrote:
>> When I open Wicd, all I get is available wireless spots, nowhere to
>> enter a WEP key, anywhere. 
> 
> If you open wicd and you see the list of available networks, there is a 
> tiny triangle to the left of the network name. Click on that triangle and 
> you can see some more info settings options about that network. Click the 
> button "extended settings" (or similar - Wicd refuses to speak English on 
> my machine). There you can select the encryption type and enter the key.
> 
> 
>> And, again, I know it is probably not much 
>> better then using MAC filters, I just want to know how to get WEP
>> working on my laptop. My WEP key is as strong as you can get...symbols,
>> numbers and one letter. It is still WEP, though.
> 
> "WEP" and "strong key" is a bit contradictory  :)
> 
>> In other words, in what config file do I make changes.
> 
> Sorry, I don't know about config files for Wicd. But if you only want to 
> use wireless with this particular setting you could uninstall Wicd and 
> use the settings in /etc/network/interfaces instead - if you really want 
> to edit config files.
> 
> 
> Nils
> 
Thanks for your reply Nils, although I can't see Wicd only supporting
un-editable files.
There must be, besides the driver files under Wicd, some method that
supports , at least, WEP.