On Sat, 2008-05-24 at 17:45 +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote: > sean darcy wrote: > > > Using ATT dsl, with their 2Wire 2701HG-B router. The bottom of the > > router shows a 10-digit number, described in the manual as a WEP "64-bit > > Hex value" > > > > The drop down box in the NM "Wireless Network Secrets Required" dialog > > only provides for hex in "WEP 40/128", and putting in the 10-digit Hex > > doesn't work. > > > > Anybody got this to work? > > I use a 10-digit hex WEP code with NM, and it works fine. > It didn't use to, but it suddenly started working a few weeks ago. > I assumed it was some Fedora update, but never checked - > I was just grateful to find it working! > > I'm using an Orinoco Gold PCMCIA card on my ThinkPad T23 Generally the nm-applet allows for three formats of passwd. Pass phrase, hex code and ASCII string. The AT&T DSL standard is a 10 digit hex code, but this can be changed in the web interface to the router at 192.168.1.254 -- ======================================================================= Churchill's Commentary on Man: Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on. ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
