I can bring the wifi up, but can not get the wep to work. ifconfig does not see a wlan0 device.
Try the following to see if your wep key data has actually been remembered by the GUI config:
iwlist wlan0 key
If this returns no key data then try setting the key manually using the iwconfig command like so:
iwconfig wlan0 key s: [1]
notes:
- The "s:" option allows you to enter the wep key in plain text (omit if you want to enter your key in hex - hardcore++ )
- The
- represents the number of the key, wep keys are normally numbered 1-4
- *If wlan0 isn't working for you, try the same procedure with eth0. I'm not entirely sure on the reasons for it (I need to do more reading) but I believe that the orinoco_cs drivers use eth0 and hostap_cs uses wlan0*
*Anyone who actually knows the answer to this: Please feel free to correct me on the above if I've got the wrong end of the stick.