[driverloader] WEP does not work on my Intel 2200BG

[Marc Boucher]

Hi Keith, Stefan,

we are aware of spurious WEP issues with the 2200bg; a fix will be 
available very soon.

Regards
Marc

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Marc Boucher
Linuxant inc.

On Apr 5, 2004, at 12:28 PM, KBB0927 at cs.com wrote:

> Yes, I have the exact same experience. Intel Pro/Wireless 2200 BG only
> works without WEP. I have an ASUS M3N notebook and the WEP _will_ work
> with a pcmcia Broadcom based cared:  Buffalo AirStation (WLI-CB-G54A)
> flawlessly. So I know WEP works under SuSE 9.0, just not with Intel
> Pro/Wireless 2200BG
>
> HTH,
>
> Keith
> "Stefan Bröcheler" <sbr2 at gmx.de> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I use driverloader 1.6.4 successfully on my sony Z1 notbook with 
>>  Intel
>> Pro/Wireless 2200BG   WLAN under SuSE 9.0. However it only works 
>> *without* WEP
>> encryption. I would be very happy if you could help me to get WEP up 
>> and
>> running.
>>
>> Whenever I set the WEP key via iwconfig, e.g.
>>
>> iwconfig wlan0 essid broecheler.de channel 6 mode Managed rate 11M key
>> 0123456789
>>
>> then I find error events in /var/log/warn
>>
>> Apr  5 17:28:23 linux kernel: driverloader: ndisSetInformation:
>> 802_11_ADD_KEY st=FAILURE W=0 N=0
>> Apr  5 17:28:23 linux kernel: wlan0: Error -5 configuring keys
>> Apr  5 17:28:25 linux kernel: driverloader:
>> ndisWrapCheckForHangTimerFunc_stk: 
>> PCI-0000:02:0b.0-8086:4220-8086:2753 hung, resetting
>> Apr  5 17:28:25 linux kernel: driverloader: ndisSetInformation:
>> 802_11_ADD_KEY st=FAILURE W=0 N=0
>> Apr  5 17:28:25 linux kernel: wlan0: Error -5 configuring keys
>> Apr  5 17:28:36 linux kernel: dldr_thread: 2455 stack overflow
>>
>> According to this, the configuration of the key does not work in the 
>> Windows
>> driver. On the other hand when I look at interface config via 
>> iwconfig, the
>> key is there:
>>
>> wlan0     IEEE 802.11-DS  ESSID:"broecheler.de"  Nickname:"unknown"
>>          Mode:Managed  Bit Rate=54Mb/s
>>          RTS thr=1600 B   Fragment thr=2304 B
>>          Encryption key:0123-4567-89
>>          Power Management:off
>>          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
>>          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>>          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
>>
>> Nevertheless the DHCP client can not obtain an adress (without 
>> encryption it
>> works).
>>
>> I have tried this with original drivers that where installed on the
>> notebook,
>>
>> w22n51  Intel   11/26/2003,8.0.11.0
>>
>> as well as a newer version that I found on the web:
>>
>> w22n51  Intel   01/02/2004,8.0.12.9000
>>
>> Both do not work.
>>
>> Any idea?
>>
>> Thanks for your help
>>
>> Stefan
>>
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