[driverloader] driveloader and WEP - unable to connect with ENCRYPTION (e.g. WEP) on

[Linuxant support (Jonathan)]

Hi,

you can do it that way under Fedora but with newer Fedora releases (6 
and up), we recommend that you configure the wireless interface using 
Network Manager instead. Network Manager is the "network" icon in your 
system tray, click on it to configure the wireless interface with it.

Regards,


Jonathan
Technical specialist / Linuxant
www.linuxant.com
support at linuxant.com



gab jones wrote:
> Hi,
>  
> Thanks for the reply
>  
> 1) /How do you input the WEP key under Linux?/
> // 
> I currently enter the WEP in linux using the neat command (System tools 
>  > network device) which brings up the interface device listings via the 
> gui. ithen click on interface eth1 in the gui and put the details of the 
> WEP key in there 9i forget what tab it is now)
>  
> I can connect to the wireless with my windows XP laptops
> 
> Regards,
>  
> gab
>  > Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 18:00:00 -0400
>  > From: support at linuxant.com
>  > To: gab_jones at hotmail.com
>  > CC: driverloader at lists.linuxant.com
>  > Subject: Re: [driverloader] driveloader and WEP - unable to connect 
> with ENCRYPTION (e.g. WEP) on
>  >
>  > Hi,
>  >
>  > in the dump you sent to support at linuxant.com, I do not see any obvious
>  > problems. The installer Windows driver does support WPA, WPA2, AES,
>  > TKIP, WEP128 and WEP64, so 64 and 128 bits WEP keys should be supported.
>  >
>  > With WEP keys there are things to be aware of. First of all, they come
>  > in 2 formats, hex and ASCII ones so make sure that both the access point
>  > and the configuration tool use the same format. You could also try with
>  > different security mode settings, i.e. open, restricted, etc...
>  >
>  > You should also try to connect to the access point using another device
>  > or operating system just to make sure that the access point is correctly
>  > configured. How do you input the WEP key under Linux?
>  >
>  > Regards,
>  >
>  >
>  > Jonathan
>  > Technical specialist / Linuxant
>  > www.linuxant.com
>  > support at linuxant.com
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > gab jones wrote:
>  > > Hi,
>  > >
>  > > I currently downloaded the trial for driverloader download.
>  > >
>  > > May I say what a fresh of breath air this tool is having been 
> trying to configure wireless for my RHEL 4 linux laptop with ipw2200 
> card for 5 days to no avail.
>  > >
>  > > The driveloader install was very easy.
>  > >
>  > > Now to my onlyhiccup/issue.
>  > >
>  > > 1) I can connect to my linksys WRT54GS wireless router with 
> ENCRYPTION (e.g. WEP) off and bang my wireless works
>  > >
>  > > 2) But when I enable the WEP encryption I can not connect at all 
> and I always get the below in tail -f /var/log/messages
>  > >
>  > > Jun 3 20:57:30 localhost kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is 
> not ready
>  > > Jun 3 20:57:35 localhost dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth1 to 
> 255.255.255.255 port 67
>  > > Jun 3 20:57:39 localhost dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth1 to 
> 255.255.255.255 port 67
>  > > Jun 3 20:57:48 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 
> 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8
>  > > Jun 3 20:57:56 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 
> 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 18
>  > > Jun 3 20:58:14 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 
> 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 14
>  > > Jun 3 20:58:28 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 
> 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 20
>  > > Jun 3 20:58:48 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 
> 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 1
>  > > Jun 3 20:58:49 localhost dhclient: No DHCPOFFERS received.
>  > >
>  > > Please and advice will be greatly appreciated?
>  > >
>  > > Regards,
>  > >
>  > > Gab
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