Finally someone seems to have found a solution to the WEP problem: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=318884 I did have to do 'sudo iwconfig eth1 key [1]' (without the actual key) afterwards to activate the right key.
Jeroen -- Aironet Wireless network card doesn't work https://launchpad.net/bugs/44733 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs