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Title: Connecting To Wep Network
Post by: jawZolife on May 13, 2005, 06:49:51 pm

Currently having trubs connecting to my secure network. I am unable to obtain a lease.

Cisco 1100 AP
SSID is not advertised
128-bit WEP is enabled

I have had success connecting to an unsecure wireless network (also 1100 AP)

I suspect my /etc/network/interfaces file is the culprit @ this point.

Anyone care to post their file so I may compare??

Any input is appreciated.

Thanks,
JawZ

Title: Connecting To Wep Network
Post by: al_brain on May 26, 2005, 07:16:38 am

I had issues connecting to my linksys W54G while in "Mixed" mode. When I changed it to 11, everying was fine, including WEP.

Al.

Title: Connecting To Wep Network
Post by: jamesm on May 26, 2005, 08:12:19 am

I don't know if this is the same issue, but there was a problem with Oz Opie 3.5.1 where the encryption tab of the wireless network config dialog was not actually applying any of the WEP settings.
This forum post (https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=6983&st=45&p=42834&#entry42834) describes the symptoms and suggests a workaround.

Title: Connecting To Wep Network
Post by: acpkendo on May 27, 2005, 11:08:18 am

If you are using a text WEP key (13 characters for 128-bit, IIRC), you need to prepend an "s:" to the key in the network settings.  E.g.:

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s:abc0123456789
This tells the network scripts that it is a text key to be hashed out into hex.  If your key is 26 characters long, it should already be in hex, so nothing is needed.