On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 19:29:30 +0000 Richard Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am obviously missing the obvious here. An IBM Thinkpad, sid, orinoco > wifi card talks to the Netgear DG834G router when security is disabled, > but when I turn WEP on it doesn't connect. > > /etc/network/interfaces has > > iface eth0 inet dhcp > wireless-essid Coigxxxxxxxx > wireless-key xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xx I have a card that uses the orinoco-pci driver and I specify the key with a line like this: wireless_key1 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx : I think the only important difference is the omission of a separator in the key leaving just the 26 characters of the key. Normally I only see keys listed with out a separator or with a ':' character between each hex digit which would make it. wireless-key xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx Later, Seeker -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
