OZ 3.3.5 & WLAN with WEP on a 5500 Options

[TopCat]

Hi there folks,

I recently installed 3.3.5 on my 5500 (congrats to the OZ team on a very cool project) and was wondering how I access a WAP with password protection? Reason being is that at home my WAP is open so I've never had to worry about configuring the MA701 for security but at work we use a password based airport system. I've enabled WEP under the network configure and set the password under the key setting but to no avail Am I doing something totally wrong with the setup?

- TC

[jamesm]

Try taking a look at /etc/network/interfaces

Under your #Wireless Interfaces section there should be something like:

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       wireless_key xxxx [1]  [2]  [3]  [4] open key [1]

Try editing that file and putting the key in if its not there.

Otherwise you can set the key using

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iwconfig wlan0 key s:password[1]

Where password is your AP's WEP key.

You'll probably have to restart your interface after doing that.

[TopCat]

Okay thanks for that information!! One last question, how do I restart the interface? do I use /etc/init.d/networking restart?

- TC

[awaldram]

ipdown wlan0

ipup wlan0

[jamesm]

ipdown wlan0

ipup wlan0

I think that should be

ifdown wlan0

ifup wlan0

[awaldram]

whoops nt administrator is my day job

ipconfig-ifconfig

[TopCat]

Thanks for the tips!! Kinda got worried when ipdown/ipup wasn't working and didn't even exist till I figured it must be ifdown/ifup

Still doesnt work as the card detects the airport base station but cant seem to connect. But at least now I know about the iwconfig.

- TC