--- Jeff Vian <jvian10@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 2005-11-02 at 22:24 -0500, James Pifer > wrote: > > > > > > one thing I forget about WEP is putting the "0x" > > > before the hex string. did you do that for wep > > > connection? > > > > > > > > > > When I tried that I got an error that said: > > Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A) : > > invalid argument "0x[my key was here]". > > > > I also tried creating a keys-wlan0 file under: > > /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices > > > > The only thing in the file was: > > KEY=0x[my key here] > > > > That didn't seem to work either. Can anyone > elaborate on the keys-wlan0 > > file? I'll do some googling. > > > You CANNOT use the 0x there. > the file should contain a line KEY='my_key_here' > with the exact > displayed value from the AP in the field above. > IIRC the 128 bit key is something like 28 hex > characters, but does not > contain spaces, - signs, etc. > Copy and paste from the displayed value in the AP > and it should work > > It does for me, with my linksys AP. > > > Thanks, > > James > > > sry. should have said was for the applet. __________________________________ Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase.yahoo.com
