[driverloader] WEP not working on broadcom 4301

[Joe Martine]

I have the same card, and the problem appears to be with the Linksys 
drivers.  I was pointed to the driver at:

http://web.belkin.com/support/download/files/F5D7010-v2.4.4.exe

While this is a Belkin driver, it works perfectly with my WMP11 card (v 
2.7).  The driver files are buried deeply in a tree, after you unzip the 
.exe, /program files/Belkin/Belkin 54Mbps Wireless Utility/Driver/PCI.  
I didn't have to change any PCI IDs or anything, just selected the 
driver and it started working.

I haven't tried the s:password method, I just give it a hex string as 
shown below.

I am also using the latest (as of now, wow fast development!) driver - 
1.39 - and it now works properly with 2.6.0-test9.  All is good! :-)

Joe



Linuxant support wrote:

>Hi,
>
>the "s:password"" way of entering the key is not supported with all drivers.
>You should try to enter the key in HEX digits.
>
>e.g.:
>iwconfig eth0 key C0E5-F563-73E8-E331-6D5D-5386-20
>
>You might also have to add the keyword "open" or "restricted" after the key
>to force open or shared-key mode. Some cards do not associate well with an
>AP in automatic mode.
>
>Regards,
>
>Jean-Simon Durand
>Technical specialist / Linuxant
>www.linuxant.com
>support at linuxant.com
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Hrafnkell Eiríksson" <he at klaki.net>
>To: <driverloader at lists.linuxant.com>
>Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 5:46 PM
>Subject: [driverloader] WEP not working on broadcom 4301
>
>
>Hi
>
>I've got driverloader 1.36 installed.
>My network card is a Linksys WMP11 card with a broadcom bcm4301 rev 2
>chip (according to cat /proc/pci).
>
>Driverloader works and I get wireless network connection but I have
>to disable WEP on my network.
>
>If I try to set a WEP key I get the following:
>[root at host root]# iwconfig eth0 key s:somekey
>Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A) :
>    SET failed on device eth0 ; Operation not supported.
>
>Any ideas why this is?
>
>Thanks
>  Hrafnkell
>
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