On Thursday 17 November 2005 6:04 pm, James Pifer wrote: > On Thu, 2005-11-17 at 09:49 -0800, Rick Stevens wrote: > > On Thu, 2005-11-17 at 16:14 +0000, Gary Stainburn wrote: > > > On Thursday 17 November 2005 11:42 am, Gary Stainburn wrote: > > > > Hi folks. > > > > > > Okay, so I've given in with madwifi (madwifi.org.being down > > > hasn't helped) and gone for NdisWrapper. I've installed the > > > RPM's and followed the installation instructions and all goes > > > fine provided I don't want to use WEP. If I don't set the WEP > > > key on Linux and disable WEP on the AP all's fine, but when I > > > enable WEP on the AP and run > > > > > > iwconfig ath0 key restricted XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XX > > > > > > where the key matches the one in the AP and the one in XP, it no > > > longer works. Anyone know why? > > > > > > (Without a WEP the MAC address of the AP shows up in 'iwconfig > > > wlan0', with the WEP key it doesn't) > > > > The command should read: > > > > iwconfig wlan0 key restricted XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XX > > > > "wlan0" being the wireless interface. I don't know where you got > > the "ath0" from. ath0 was indeed from madwifi, which I hadn't completely removed. Have now and it's now generating wlan0 as the device.. I did set the essid as a seperate command, but have tried setting both on the same command as in Rick's example - it made no difference. > > ath0 comes from the madwifi stuff. Been through a similar situation > here. I had to make sure I removed all the madwifi/ath0 stuff, at > least the devices. > > Gary, I would appreciate to know if you get this working. I have mine > working except for WEP. Can't seem to make it work. Without WEP my > wireless works great. Can't make a connection when I try WEP. > > I thought you were not supposed to use the dashes in the key. Maybe > that's been my problem.... I don't use dashes either, but put them in to try. It made no difference. I am in the same boat as you, the link works fine provided I don't use encryption. Has ANYONE got it working with WEP? > > Thanks, > James -- 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
