Thomas Dodd wrote:
While I'm inclined to agree with you about WEP in general, there are applications where a VPN is overkill, and just makes configuration that much more error prone and complex. So for applications where a VPN is not worth the hassle, WEP needs to work.Charles Griffin wrote:I don't have an answer, but I'm starting to think that
something is wrong with the orinoco/wep configuration
in 8.0. I have an orinoco silver card and have had
nothing but trouble with its connection. This is a
card that works just fine in other distributions and
works just fine when I dual boot into windows. I've
checked all settings, posted on this list twice,
googled, entered a ticket with RH (who said that
assistance with wifi was not a part of installation
support), and one or two other people have posted
similar problems.
Anyway, if I find an answer, I'll post a "SOLVED".
Simplest solution, don't use WEP. It just slows the link
down anyway. There simple scripts to quickly break WEP,
so it doesn't provide any security.
I'm assuming it's a script problem, since I have established that entering the iwconfig eth1 key 's:xxxxx' format works fine. I'm trying to trace through RedHat's munged versions of the Wireless Tools scripts, but still have not emerged from that rabbit hole.
Set the AP to only allow access to the MAC addresses you want
and use VPN or ssh to encrypt the data *before* it gets to
the WiFi card.
-Thomas
-- Rob Thorne Chief Technical Officer Torenware Networks
