On Mon, 2006-01-09 at 12:15 -0800, Josh Coffman wrote: > > --- Tarek Aly <tarekmnabil@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: Tarek Aly <tarekmnabil@xxxxxxxxx> > > Date: Jan 3, 2006 6:49 PM > > Subject: Wireless encryption that works on both > > Windows and FC3 > > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > I'm a complete newbie and I've been trying to get my > > wireless network up and > > running on FC3 (after I gave up on FC4 I had to > > downgrade). > > > > I reached the point where I could connect to my AP > > when encryption is > > disabled. When enabling encryption, the only way I > > can connect is when I use > > a 64 bit key (WEP 64) (I have to mention here that > > I'm surprised there's no > > way from the GUI to specify the encryption mode). > > > > Now my problem is, Windows only allows, AFAIK, > > another encryption mode which > > uses ASCII keys and does not have the 64 bit key > > scheme as an option. > > > > So, currently, whenever I switch from Windows to > > Linux, I have to connect > > through a network cable to my AP to re-configure > > encryption. Is there a way > > around this problem? > > > > Every help is appreciated. > > > > I've got wep-128 working under fc4 using ndiswrapper > on my laptop. I have a windows partition on the same > laptop which also has no problems with the same > wep-128 configuration. > > What sort of change do you have to make on the AP to > get it to work? It also might help to know what > hardware is involved. > > I don't know about FC3, but NetworkManager is a nice > applet if your runnning gnome. Consider WPA encryption, see: http://www.nmrc.org/~inertia/fedora-wpa/ -- Regards, Erik P. Olsen
