Quoting Yves Rutschle ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 03:25:15PM +0200, Maximilian Pascher wrote: > > please excuse this stupid question, but where the heck do I find the > > correct > > config file for linux-wlan-ng to set a wep key? > > Not really a stupid question... I think the whole WLAN > system lacks a bit of maturation in the Linux (Debian?) > world, and there are indeed settings all over the place. > Also, I have a suspicion that Debian does things in a > different way than other distributions, rendering lots of > documentation slightly wrong. > > Apparently, encryption keys are manipulated with > iwconfig(8), and most iwconfig parameters I have for my card > are defined in /etc/network/interfaces, preceded with > "wireless_". So if I were you, I'd try to add my key for the > appropriate interface as: > > iface wlan0 inet dhcp > wireless_mode managed > wireless_essid my_network > wireless_enc 0001-0002-0003-0004 > > I haven't tried encryption at all yet, so this message is > given to you free of charge and free of warranty, including > that any of it is even remotely true :-) > > Do let us know if that works tho! > > /Y > > I've used the command wireless_key before, which worked fine. So, if wireless_enc doesn't, try that. They should be exactly equivalent AFAIK.
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