[TriLUG] WEP and linux revisited

[Roy Vestal]

tried it. doesn't work at this point. I'm using the ipw2100 project software
for the intel mini-pci...the only thing i can't get working is wep
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pat and Lori Boyer" <pboyer at nc.rr.com>
To: "Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list" <trilug at trilug.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 12:00 AM
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] WEP and linux revisited


> On my laptop, I run the commands (obviously not the real essid and WEP
key):
>
> iwconfig eth0 essid my_essid key abcdef1234567890abcdef1234
> ifconfig eth0 up
>
> Just use your 26-hexadecimal-digit key in place of this fake one. Make
> sure you're setting the right channel, if necessary. This works for me
> (I'm running Gentoo but I would expect it to work the same way on
> Fedora). Good luck.
>
> Pat
>
>
> Roy Vestal wrote:
>
> >Okey, I am still having problems getting WEP working on FC1. I'm running
> >128Bit 1key no broadcast. According to iwconfig, I'm supposed to put the
key
> >in as xxxx-xxxx-xxx. However, my key is 26 char long.
> >
> >What am I missing? The only howto's I've found talk about 64bit WEP.
> >
> >
> >
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