Re: Netgear WG511 && WEP (on an emachine)

Bill Smithem wrote:

sstengler@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

Try entering the WEP with an "0x" in the front - ie., 0xhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

wher the 'h's are your WEP key...

Sam Stengler

Anthony Presley <anthony@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:

Hi All --

I recently picked up an eMachine 6805, and got it up and running FC2,
using the 64-bit version of the OS.  Overall, it's not bad.

I realize that the Broadcom 802.11g chip is a LONG way from being
supported, at all (any change in this?), so I went out a picked up a
Netgear WG511, 802.11g.  This card uses the prism54 module / driver, and
works VERY well if I do not use WEP.

However, if I'm using WEP, it doesn't work at all.  It cannot fetch an
IP address, or anything.  The hex key is being stored in
/etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/keys-eth1, in the format:
    KEY=s:XXXXXXXXXXXXX

I've never gotten ASCII strings to work like that, but got around it like so:

Bring down the interface
run iwconfig eth1 key s:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Bring up the interface.

Run iwconfig again and check out the HEX value your key represents and write it down or print it out.

Then use KEY=<HEX VALUE YOU FOUND>

Only way I ever got it to work.

Regards,
Ed.