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Title: OZ 3.3.5 & WLAN with WEP on a 5500
Post by: TopCat on September 22, 2004, 08:54:14 am

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

Title: OZ 3.3.5 & WLAN with WEP on a 5500
Post by: jamesm on September 22, 2004, 10:39:27 am

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.

Title: OZ 3.3.5 & WLAN with WEP on a 5500
Post by: TopCat on September 22, 2004, 11:22:47 am

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

 - TC

Title: OZ 3.3.5 & WLAN with WEP on a 5500
Post by: awaldram on September 22, 2004, 11:27:38 am

ipdown wlan0

ipup wlan0

 

Title: OZ 3.3.5 & WLAN with WEP on a 5500
Post by: jamesm on September 22, 2004, 11:57:05 am

Quote

ipdown wlan0

ipup wlan0

 

I think that should be

ifdown wlan0

ifup wlan0

Title: OZ 3.3.5 & WLAN with WEP on a 5500
Post by: awaldram on September 22, 2004, 12:12:55 pm

whoops nt administrator is my day job

ipconfig-ifconfig

Title: OZ 3.3.5 & WLAN with WEP on a 5500
Post by: TopCat on September 22, 2004, 01:01:35 pm

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