On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 21:01:35 -0800, Richard S. Crawford <rscrawford@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I thought it was resolved, but it turned out the WAP had not restored WEP > encryption like I thought it had. So, the wireless card works fine with WEP > turned off, but not when it's turned on. I've tried: > > # iwconfig wlan0 key XXXXXXXXXX restricted Try using open mode instead of restricted. I know I have to use open for my card to work: # iwconfig wlan0 key XXXXXXXXXX open > which generates this error: > > Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A): > SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument. > > My Googling indicates that this might mean that the card does not support > encryption, which I find unlikely since it certainly does under Windows. > > I also tried: > > # iwconfig wlan0 key 0xXXXXXXXXXX restricted As far as I know, you should not have the 0x in front. What happens when you just run "iwconfig" after trying to set the key? Can you see the key set properly? Has it associated with your AP (do you see the ESSID set)? > That generated no errors, but did not give me connectivity. Jonathan
