On Thursday 17 November 2005 4:01 pm, James Pifer wrote: > On Thu, 2005-11-17 at 15:16 +0000, Gary Stainburn wrote: > > On Thursday 17 November 2005 12:43 pm, James Pifer wrote: > > [snip] > > > > > > wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:off/any > > > > Nickname:"me.mydomain.com" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz > > > > Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00 > > > > Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power:25 dBm > > > > RTS thr=2347 B Fragment thr=2346 B > > > > Encryption key:ABC7-0457-3455-5704-5736-626D-EF > > > > Security mode:restricted > > > > Power Management:off > > > > [snip] > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > James > > > > > > <bump> > > > > James > > > > are you setting the key *after* the essid? Try setting it first. > > Also, do you get an error messagw from > > > > iwconfig ath0 key off > > > > Also, what does iwconfig wlan0 show afterwards, and have you tried > > resetting the essid? > > Well, right now I'm using the Network applet, so the order in not in > my control. When I was doing it manually I was setting the key before > the essid. I'll play around with the order of it manually and see if > that makes a difference. > > James According to the troubleshooting page, 'off/any' indicates that the association failed, probably because the encryption failed. This looks like you've got the same problem as me. However, to reset I don't think you need to reboot. Try 'rmmod ndiswrapper; modprobe ndiswrapper' to see if that does the trick. Gary -- Gary Stainburn This email does not contain private or confidential material as it may be snooped on by interested government parties for unknown and undisclosed purposes - Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, 2000
