[driverloader] WMP11 v2.7 seems to work well...

[Joe Martine]

Linuxant support wrote:

>WEP should work with DriverLoader. What is the exact command that you tried
>to set your WEP key?
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I've tried a few variations:

iwconfig eth0 essid <APname> key XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XX
iwconfig eth0 key XXXX-...

Also tried not putting the dashes in, just run all the characters 
together.  Everything simply gives me:

Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A)
  SET failed on device eth0 ; Operation not supported.

I noticed I also get the same error message (except for "Set Frequency" 
(8B04)) when trying to set the channel.  But it gets set anyway when 
associating to the AP.

>Let us know if your computer freezes again. You might need a kernel with
>'kdb' to diagnose this problem.
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I have since transferred a large amount of data, both just in browsing 
(slow), or even transferring a multi-GB file.  No problems at all.  This 
computer is freshly-installed, and X was giving me fits at first, so 
I'll blame it!

I also downloaded the latest (1.34) version of driverloader.  I don't 
know exactly how I wound up with the 1.25, I would have sworn I used the 
same page to get it the first time.  1.34 seems to take settings faster 
than 1.25 did - before there was a noticable pause when setting essid, 
or anything else, but now it is instant.  Other than that, operates just 
the same.


I noticed when I ran 'iwconfig --version', it says:

iwconfig  Version 26
          Compatible with Wireless Extension v16 or earlier,
          Currently compiled with Wireless Extension v15.

eth0      Recommend Wireless Extension v11 or later,
          Currently compiled with Wireless Extension v15.

I remember back when I was messing with a USB wlan adapter, using the 
latest Wireless Extensions was quite important.  So, when this says 
"currently compiled w/ 15", what exactly is it referring to?  The 
kernel?  Might this be a problem?  Seems WEP was the issue with that USB 
device too, but it's been a while, I'm fuzzy on the details.

Thanks for the help.
Joe