<div>Hi Miles!</div>
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<div>What comes to mind is to script the key entry as part of the network setup. That would be a hack. It would probably be good to encrypt the key for safety.</div>
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<div>NM appears on forums with problems expected for its .6 numbering. It is not ready for prime time I think but I agree it is a wonderful idea.</div>
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<div>Would love to hear how you solve it and how you fare with NM.</div>
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<div>Thanks!</div>
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<div>Tod<br><br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 3/15/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Miles Lane</b> <<a href="mailto:miles.lane@gmail.com">miles.lane@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Hello,<br><br>With Fedora Core running NetworkManager, I get prompted for a passphrase<br>for a new WEP connection. I have a Linksys AP. When I set up the access
<br>point, I entered "sometext" as my passphrase and this caused a hex key<br>to be generated. When I enter the passprase into NetworkManager,<br>it successfully connects to the AP. In other words, I don't need to enter
<br>the entire hex key string.<br><br>When I installed from the latest Dapper Flight CD, I couldn't get the network<br>to configure, because I didn't have the hex key written down. This was a big<br>bother. Likewise, Network Monitor (the network management applet) seems
<br>incapable of configuring my connection without the hex key. I tried specifying<br>an ascii string, but it appears that the ascii key is different from<br>the passphrase.<br>This difference is not mentioned in the instructions, IIRC. Confusing.
<br><br>Anyhow, I would love to not have to remember the hex string. Is there any<br>way to get this working, or must I install NetworkManager.<br><br>By the way, this is another compelling reason to make NM a part of the Dapper
<br>release.<br><br>Thanks,<br> Miles<br><br>--<br>ubuntu-users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users">
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a><br></blockquote></div><br>