Netgear WG511 && WEP (on an emachine)
Edward
edward at tripled.iinet.net.au
Tue Jun 1 04:45:15 UTC 2004
Bill Smithem wrote:
> sstengler at covad.net wrote:
>
>> Try entering the WEP with an "0x" in the front - ie., 0xhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
>>
>> wher the 'h's are your WEP key...
>>
>> Sam Stengler
>>
>>
>>
>> Anthony Presley <anthony at resolution.com> said:
>>
>>
>>
>>> Hi All --
>>>
>>> I recently picked up an eMachine 6805, and got it up and running FC2,
>>> using the 64-bit version of the OS. Overall, it's not bad.
>>>
>>> I realize that the Broadcom 802.11g chip is a LONG way from being
>>> supported, at all (any change in this?), so I went out a picked up a
>>> Netgear WG511, 802.11g. This card uses the prism54 module / driver, and
>>> works VERY well if I do not use WEP.
>>>
>>> However, if I'm using WEP, it doesn't work at all. It cannot fetch an
>>> IP address, or anything. The hex key is being stored in
>>> /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/keys-eth1, in the format:
>>> KEY=s:XXXXXXXXXXXXX
I've never gotten ASCII strings to work like that, but got around it
like so:
Bring down the interface
run iwconfig eth1 key s:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Bring up the interface.
Run iwconfig again and check out the HEX value your key represents and
write it down or print it out.
Then use KEY=<HEX VALUE YOU FOUND>
Only way I ever got it to work.
Regards,
Ed.
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